不過

See also: 不过

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùguò

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ gwo³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): put-ko

(Meixian, Guangdong): bud⁵ guo⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): beh⁴ gue³
Min Dong (BUC): bók-guó
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): put-kò / put-kò͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): bug⁴ guê³
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Shanghainese): ⁷peq-ku; ⁷piq-ku

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùguò [Phonetic: búguò]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùguò
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-kuo⁴
  - Yale: bù-gwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buguoh
  - Palladius: буго (bugo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹/

Note: 不 may be weakened to toneless bu in constructions of ‹verb/adjective + 不過› (“not exceed or unable to exceed”).

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ gwo³
  - Yale: bāt gwo
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ gwo³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ guo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kʷɔː³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-ko
  - Hakka Romanization System: bud` go
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bud⁵ go⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /put̚² ko⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: bud⁵ guo⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /put̚¹ kuo⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: beh⁴ gue³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /pəʔ² kuɤ⁴⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bók-guó
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ kuɔ²¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-kò
  - Tâi-lô: put-kò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putkoix
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kɤ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ ko¹¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ ko²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ ko²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-kò͘
  - Tâi-lô: put-kòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putkox
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kɔ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bug⁴ guê³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puk kuè
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puk̚²⁻⁴ kue²¹³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wugniu: ⁷peq-ku; ⁷piq-ku
  - Wiktionary Romanisation: ⁴peq-ku; ⁴piq-ku
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pəʔ³³ ku⁴⁴/, /piɪʔ³³ ku⁴⁴/

Note: 4piq ku - often written as 必過／必过..

Adverb

不過

only; merely
extremely
再好不過了！／再好不过了！ ― Zài hǎo bùguò le! ― That's fantastic! (It couldn't be better!)

這是一件再好不過的事情。 [MSC, trad.]
这是一件再好不过的事情。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhè shì yī jiàn zài hǎo bùguò de shìqíng. [Pinyin]
This is a great thing.

Conjunction

不過

however; but
我覺得這個想法理論上沒有錯，不過實踐操作起來難度會很大。 [MSC, trad.]
我觉得这个想法理论上没有错，不过实践操作起来难度会很大。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ juéde zhège xiǎngfǎ lǐlùnshàng méiyǒu cuò, bùguò shíjiàn cāozuò qǐlái nándù huì hěn dà. [Pinyin]
I think this idea is not wrong in theory, but it will be very difficult to put into practice.

Synonyms

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Verb

不過

(literary) to not exceed
- 故制：國不過千乘，都城不過百雉，家富不過百乘。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  故制：国不过千乘，都城不过百雉，家富不过百乘。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Gù zhì: guó bù guò qiānshèng, dūchéng bù guò bǎizhì, jiā fù bù guò bǎishèng. [Pinyin]
  Hence it was made the rule that no state should have more than 1000 chariots, no chief city's wall more than 100 embrasures, no family, however rich, more than 100 chariots.

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja in this term
不	過

Adverb

不過 • (bulgwa) (hangeul 불과)

Hanja form^? of 불과 (“only, just”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
不	過

Adverb

不過

chữ Hán form of bất quá.

Conjunction

不過

chữ Hán form of bất quá.

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