HSK 3

不但 meaning in Chinese

búdàn

Without tone marks: budan

not only

conjunction

Example

他不但喜欢棒球,还喜欢足球。

tā bù dàn xǐhuan bàngqiú, hái xǐhuan zúqiú.

He likes not only baseball but football as well.

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