HSK 4 · Function Words

不仅 bùjǐn “not only (… but also)” in Chinese

Traditional 不僅

What 不仅 means

  1. not only (… but also)
  2. not just
  3. not limited to
  4. (as a correlative conjunction) not only (…, but also …)

How to say 不仅

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale不bù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale仅jǐn3rd tone, dipping

不仅 in a sentence

  1. 她不仅漂亮，而且对每个人都很好。

    Tā bùjǐn piàoliang, érqiě duì měi ge rén dōu hěn hǎo.

    She’s not only beautiful but also kind to everyone.

    Sentence #336976 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我们老师不仅说英语，还说法语。

    Wǒmen lǎoshī bùjǐn shuō Yīngyǔ, hái shuō Fǎyǔ.

    Our teacher speaks not only English but also French.

    Sentence #2031462 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 她不仅擅长跑步，也擅长唱歌。

    Tā bùjǐn shàncháng pǎobù, yě shàncháng chànggē.

    She’s good not only at running but also at singing.

    Sentence #1565711 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 不仅 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 不 (bù) drawn as one shape
不bùno; not so

不 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidPicture a bar 一 across the top that nothing below can get past: not, no.

The character 仅 (jǐn) with each of its parts in a different colour
仅jǐnbarely
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 又again · yòu

How to write 不仅

不 4 strokes · 仅 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

不仅 (bùjǐn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 不仅 (bùjǐn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 不仅

Words with 不

不bù · no不要bùyào · don’t!不客气bú kèqi · you’re welcome对不起duìbuqǐ · sorry不错bùcuò · not bad不好意思bùhǎoyìsi · to feel embarrassed不但búdàn · not only不同bùtóng · different不少bùshǎo · quite a few不见bújiàn · to be missing

Words with 仅

仅jǐn · only

More words: Particles & Connectors

并且bìngqiě · and比如bǐrú · for example不得不bùdébù · have no choice or option but to不过búguò · but差不多chàbuduō · almost从来cónglái · always大概dàgài · roughly大约dàyuē · approximately

FAQs

不仅 (bùjǐn) means “not only (… but also)” or “not just”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it bùjǐn: bù with a 4th tone, then jǐn with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 不仅 is written 不僅. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bujin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 不仅 from the suggestions. Typing bujin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
不仅 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.