不光

bùguāng

conjunction HSK 3 #5,593

Meanings

1 not only

Characters

Examples

不光是他，大家都不同意。

Bùguāng shì tā, dàjiā dōu bù tóngyì.

Not only him, nobody agrees.

学中文不光要学说，还要学写。

Xué Zhōngwén bùguāng yào xué shuō, hái yào xué xiě.

Learning Chinese requires not only speaking but also writing.

Tips

usage

不光 is more colloquial than 不仅/不但. All three mean 'not only' and are used with 还/也.

Stroke Order

不 bù

光 guāng