必過

Chinese

		certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily	to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-
trad. (必過)		必	過
simp. (必过)		必	过
alternative forms		不過／不过

Etymology

From 不過／不过.

Pronunciation

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷piq-ku; ⁷peq-ku / ⁷piq-kou₅

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• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷piq-ku; ⁷peq-ku
    • MiniDict: pih^入 ku; peh^入 ku
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴piq-ku; ⁴peq-ku
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /piɪʔ³³ ku⁴⁴/, /pəʔ³³ ku⁴⁴/
  • (Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁷piq-kou₅
    • MiniDict: pih^入 kou^去
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /piɪʔ⁵⁵ kəu²³/

Note: ⁷peq-ku - often written as 不過／不过 (bùguò).

Conjunction

必過

1. (Wu) but; however

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 但是 (“but; however”) [map]

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

Derived terms

• 但必過／但必过