
| dàn | but/yet/however/only/merely/still |
| 但 | but yet however |
| 但丁 | Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet, author of the Divine Comedy 神曲 |
| 但书 | proviso qualifying clause |
| 但以理书 | Book of Daniel |
| 但凡 | in every case |
| 但尼尔 | denier |
| 但尼生 | Tennyson (name) Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (1809-1892), English poet |
| 但愿 | if only (sth were possible) I wish (that) |
| 但愿如此 | if only it were so I hope so (idiom) |
| 但是 | but however |
| 但求无过 | to seek only to avoid blame |
| 但泽 | Danzig |
| 但见 | To only see. |
| 但说无妨 | there is no harm in saying what one thinks (idiom) |