Chinese Notes

但 dàn

dàn conjunction but; yet; however
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 可是 (Guoyu '但' conj; Kroll 2015 '但' 3; Unihan '但'; XHZD '但' 2)
dàn adverb merely; only
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 只 (Kroll 2015 '但' 2; Kroll 2015 '但' 1; Unihan '但'; XHZD '但' 2)
dàn adverb vainly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '但' 2)
dàn adverb promptly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '但' 4)
dàn adverb all
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 凡 or 所有 (Guoyu '但' adv 4)
dàn proper noun Dan
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '但' n)

圣但尼(聖但尼) St Denis; St Dennis
不但 not only
但书(但書) proviso; qualifying clause
非但 not only
但凡 every single; as long as
但说无妨(但說無妨) there is no harm in saying what one thinks
但以理书(但以理書) Book of Daniel
但是 but ; if only
但愿(但願) if only; I wish (that)
但愿如此(但願如此) if only it were so; I hope so
马但(馬但) Matthan, son of Eleazar and father of Jakob in Matthew 1.15
岂但(豈但) not only
不求有功，但求无过(不求有功，但求無過) not aiming to achieve the best possible result, but rather trying to avoid making mistakes

Truncated for common words