猶毋過

Chinese

		as if; still	but; however
trad. (猶毋過)		猶	毋過
simp. (犹毋过)		犹	毋过
alternative forms		抑毋擱／抑毋搁 猶不過／犹不过 抑不過／抑不过

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iáu-m̄-koh / iah-m̄-kò / ah-m̄-kò / á-m̄-kò / iá-m̄-kò

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iáu-m̄-koh
    • Tâi-lô: iáu-m̄-koh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iaw'mxkoiq
    • IPA (Taipei): /iau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ m̩³³⁻¹¹ koʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ m̩³³⁻²¹ kɤʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iah-m̄-kò
    • Tâi-lô: iah-m̄-kò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iahmxkoix
    • IPA (Taipei): /ia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ m̩³³⁻¹¹ ko¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ m̩³³⁻²¹ kɤ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ah-m̄-kò
    • Tâi-lô: ah-m̄-kò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ahmxkoix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ m̩³³⁻²¹ kɤ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ m̩³³⁻¹¹ ko¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: á-m̄-kò
    • Tâi-lô: á-m̄-kò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: afmxkoix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ m̩³³⁻²¹ kɤ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ m̩³³⁻¹¹ ko¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iá-m̄-kò
    • Tâi-lô: iá-m̄-kò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iafmxkoix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ m̩³³⁻²¹ kɤ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ m̩³³⁻¹¹ ko¹¹/

Conjunction

猶毋過

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) 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
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	但是, 但, 可是, 不過
	Malaysia	但
	Singapore	但, 但是, 可是, 不過
Southwestern Mandarin	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, 比補
	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

References

• “Entry #8609”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.