不单

不單

bùdān

conjunction #12,834

Meanings

1 not only
2 not merely
3 not simply

Characters

Examples

HSK 1

他不单会说中文，还会说日语。

Tā bùdān huì shuō Zhōngwén, hái huì shuō Rìyǔ.

He not only speaks Chinese, but also Japanese.

HSK 1

这不单是我的问题。

Zhè bùdān shì wǒ de wèntí.

This is not merely my problem.

Tips

grammar

Used in the pattern 不单...还/而且... (not only... but also...). Synonymous with 不但 and 不仅.

Stroke Order

不 bù

单 dān