不惟

Chinese

		not; no	only; think
simp. and trad. (不惟)		不	惟

Etymology

Doublet of 非 (OC *pɯl).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùwéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ wai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùwéi
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-wei²
    • Yale: bù-wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buwei
    • Palladius: бувэй (buvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ wai⁴
    • Yale: bāt wàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ wai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ wei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹/

Conjunction

不惟

1. (literary) not only

Synonyms

• 不但 (bùdàn)
• 不僅／不仅 (bùjǐn)
• 不光 (bùguāng)
• 不只 (bùzhǐ)
• 不單／不单 (bùdān)
• 不止 (bùzhǐ)
• 不特 (bùtè) (literary)
• 不獨／不独 (bùdú)
• 不直 (bùzhí) (literary)
• 不論／不论 (bùlùn) (literary)
• 伓止 (ēng-cǐ) (Northern Min, Hokkien)
• 勿僅／勿仅 (⁸veq-jin) (Wu)
• 勿僅僅／勿仅仅 (⁸veq-jin-jin) (Wu)
• 勿光 (⁸veq-kuaon) (Wu)
• 唔只 (m⁴ zi²) (Cantonese)
• 唔單／唔单 (Teochew)
• 唔單只／唔单只 (m⁴ daan¹ zi²) (Cantonese, Teochew)
• 唔淨只／唔净只 (m⁴ zing⁶ zi²) (Cantonese)
• 毋但 (Hokkien)
• 豈但／岂但 (qǐdàn) (literary)
• 非但 (fēidàn)
• 非獨／非独 (fēidú)
• 非論／非论 (fēilùn) (literary)