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The Cantonese word bat gwo - 不过 - bat1 gwo3
(but in Cantonese)





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Romanization (Jyutping)

bat1 gwo3

English translations

but, only,
however, merely, no more than, just

Chinese characters:

不过
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不过 (bat1 gwo3) is composed of these characters: 不, 过
不过 ( bat gwo / bat1 gwo3 ) in traditional characters
不過

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

not  |  also: over
不过 ( bat gwo / bat1 gwo3 ) belongs to the 500 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 159)
More words that mean but in Cantonese
daan6 si6 ( 但是 ), hak1 ( 可 ), ho2 si6 ( 可是 ), ji4 si6 ( 而是 ), koek3 ( 却 )
More words that mean only in Cantonese
coi4 ( 才 ), daan6 si6 ( 但是 ), gan2 ( 仅 ), wai2 ( 唯 ), zek3 ( 只 ), zi2 gin3 ( 只见 ), zi2 jau5 ( 只有 )

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