# 不過
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bùguò
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bat$^1$ gwo$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): put-ko
    (Meixian, Guangdong): bud$^5$ guo$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): beh$^4$ gue$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): bók-guó
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): put-kò / put-kò͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bug$^4$ guê$^3$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^7$peq-ku$_5$; $^7$piq-ku$_5$ / $^7$piq-kou$_5$; $^7$piq-$^1$kou$_5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bùguò [Phonetic: búguò]
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bùguò
*** Wade–Giles: pu$^4$-kuo$^4$
*** Yale: bù-gwò
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buguoh
*** Palladius: буго (bugo)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bat$^1$ gwo$^3$
*** Yale: bāt gwo
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bat$^7$ gwo$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bed$^1$ guo$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɐt̚⁵ kʷɔː³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-ko
*** Hakka Romanization System: bud$^ˋ$ go
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bud$^5$ go$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /put̚² ko⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: bud$^5$ guo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /put̚¹ kuo⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: beh$^4$ gue$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /pəʔ² kuɤ⁴⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: bók-guó
*** Sinological IPA : /puʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ kuɔ²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (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: bug$^4$ guê$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puk kuè
*** Sinological IPA : /puk̚²⁻⁴ kue²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$peq-ku$_5$; $^7$piq-ku$_5$
*** MiniDict: peh$^入$ ku$^去$; pih$^入$ ku$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$peq-ku$_2$; $^4$piq-ku$_2$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pəʔ³³ ku⁴⁴/, /piɪʔ³³ ku⁴⁴/
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^7$piq-kou$_5$; $^7$piq-$^1$kou$_5$
*** MiniDict: pih$^入$ kou$^去$; pih$^入$ kou$^去$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /piɪʔ⁵⁵ kəu⁵²³/, /piɪʔ⁴⁴ kəu²³/

### 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!)
       Zhè shì yī jiàn zài hǎo bùguò de shìqíng. [Pinyin]
       This is a great thing.

### Conjunction

不過
* however; but
       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

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 而, 然, 但, 卻, 則 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 但是, 但, 可是, 不過, 然而 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 但是, 但, 可是, 不過 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 但 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 但, 但是, 可是, 不過 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 但是 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Pematangsiantar | tapi |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 但係, 不過, 之不過, 之但係 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 但係, 不過, 之不過, 之但係, but |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 但係 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 但係 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 但係, 不過, 之不過 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 但係, 董係 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 但係, 毋過 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 但係, 毋過, 毋故 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 但係, 毋過 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 但係, 毋過 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 但係, 毋過 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 毋過 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 但係 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | tapi |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 但是 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 但是 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 但是, 毋過, 毋句, 不過, 不而過 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 但是, 毋句, 不過, 不而過 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 但是, 毋過, 不過, 不而過 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 但是, 毋過, 不而過 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | tapi, 但是 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | tapi, 但是, 毋句, 毋過 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 但是, 毋句, 毋過 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | tapi |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 是呾 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 是呾 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 是呾, 比補 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 但是, แต่ว่า |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 但是, tapi |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | tapi, 不過, 但是 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 但是 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 但是 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 但是, 必過, 不過, 但不過, 但必過 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 但必過 |

### Verb

不過
* (literary) to not exceed
    From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd 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

* 不過爾爾 / 不过尔尔 (bùguò'ěr'ěr)
* 之不過 / 之不过
* 但不過 / 但不过
* 只不過 / 只不过 (zhǐbuguò)
* 單不過 / 单不过
* 富不過三代 / 富不过三代 (fù bùguò sān dài)

## 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 (“(colloquial and literary) if it has come to this; at this point”).

### Conjunction

不過
* chữ Hán form of bất quá.