Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- dàn
English
- only
- but; yet; however; still
- but, however, yet, still
- merely; only; just
- but; however
粵語
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As a component in
Words containing 但
- 但是daan6 si6
but; however
- 是但si6 daan6
(adverb) randomly; casually; anyhow; haphazardly (describes the unmindfulness in doing something, i.e. without putting much effort or thoughts into it); (expression) "whatever"; "anything goes"
- 但凡daan6 faan4
every single
- 事但si6 daan6
whatever; wishy-washy [colloquial]
- 不但bat1 daan6
not only (... but also ...)
- 但係daan6 hai6
(conjunction) but
- 但願daan6 jyun6
if only (sth were possible)
- 非但fei1 daan6
not only
- 撒但saat3 daan6
variant of 撒旦[Sa1 dan4], Satan or Shaitan
- 約但joek3 daan6
variant of 約旦|约旦[Yue1 dan4]
- 之但係zi1 daan6 hai6
But
- 豈但hei2 daan6
not only
- 馬但maa5 daan6
Matthan, son of Eleazar and father of Jakob in Matthew 1.15
- 但書daan6 syu1
proviso
- 但求daan6 kau4
seek only to; but for [written and colloquial]
- 約但河joek3 daan6 ho4
variant of 約旦河|约旦河[Yue1 dan4 He2]
- 但丁daan6 ding1
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet, author of the Divine Comedy 神曲
- 但願如此daan6 jyun6 jyu4 ci2
if only it were so
- 但尼生daan6 nei4 sang1
Tennyson (name)
- 聖但尼sing3 daan6 nei4
St Denis or St Dennis
- 但以理書daan6 ji5 lei5 syu1
Book of Daniel
- 但說無妨daan6 syut3 mou4 fong4
there is no harm in saying what one thinks (idiom)
- 是是但但si6 si6 daan6 daan6
whatever; anything will do; anything goes; whishy-washy; halfheartedly; to muddle through; careless behaviour [colloquial]
- 是是但但si6 si6 daan6 daan6
whatever; anything will do; anything goes; whishy-washy; halfheartedly; to muddle through; careless behaviour [colloquial]