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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 不过

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
不过 bù guò - only
- merely
- no more than
- but
- however
- anyway (to get back to a previous topic)
- cannot be more (after adjectival)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
4 2 182 251 239

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
guō- surname Guo
guò- to cross
- to go over
- to pass (time)
- to celebrate (a holiday)
- to live
- to get along
- excessively
- too-
guo- (experienced action marker)

Other Words Containing 不过

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
不过 4 2 182 251 239
只不过 - 5 1,202 3,799 3,372
信不过 - - 15,943 51,049 35,685
不过如此 - - 18,312 22,881 11,069
说不过去 - - 25,718 - -
事不过三 - - 34,896 60,668 28,546
不过尔尔 - - 64,461 92,487 58,107
拗不过 - - 75,813 - -
不过意 - - 92,088 - -