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不但 (bù dàn): meaning and stroke order

不但 (bù dàn) means not only (... but also ...).

不但

Simplified
不但
Traditional
不但 (same form)
Pinyin
bù dàn

Stroke order of 不但

不

  • bù no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
  • 4 strokes

Stroke by stroke

但

  • dàn but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
  • 7 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 不但

  1. bù dàn
    • not only (... but also ...)

Radicals of the characters

不
Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 4 strokes · built from 丆 and 卜
但
Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 7 strokes · 亻 on the left, 旦 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

不但 in our stories

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  • 邓强不但没有改，还在网上跟她吵了起来。半年以后，饭店就关门了。

    Dèng Qiáng búdàn méiyǒu gǎi hái zài wǎngshang gēn tā chǎo le qǐlai bàn nián yǐhòu fàndiàn jiù guānmén le

    Instead of changing anything, Deng Qiang started a row with her online. Six months later the restaurant closed.

    From the story A second chance HSK 5

  • 传说后来，精卫遇到了一只海燕，它不但不笑她傻，反而被她的决心打动，和她结成了夫妻。

    chuánshuō hòulái Jīngwèi yùdào le yì zhī hǎiyàn tā búdàn bú xiào tā shǎ fǎn'ér bèi tā de juéxīn dǎdòng hé tā jié chéng le fūqī

    Legend says that later Jingwei met a petrel; far from laughing at her foolishness, it was moved by her determination, and the two became mates.

    From the story Jingwei fills the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 不但

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).