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不仅

bù jǐn

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 不僅

不仅 (bù jǐn) means "not just; not limited to". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 不仅 means

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

The characters in 不仅

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 仅jǐnbarely; only; merely

Example sentences

• 她不仅友好还诚实。
  She is not only kind, but also honest.
• 他不仅仅是一国之君。
  He was more than a king.
• 他不仅有学识还有经验。
  Tā bù jǐn yǒu xuéshí háiyǒu jīngyàn.
  He has not only learning but experience.
• 人人需要学习的不仅仅是语言。
  Rénrén xūyào xuéxí de bù jǐnjǐn shì yǔyán.
  What one has to learn is more than the language.
• 他不仅社会学毕业，还有哲学。
  Tā bùjǐn shèhuìxué bìyè, hái yǒu zhéxué.
  He not only graduated from studying sociology, but also philosophy.
• 她不仅没责怪他，反而陈赞他。
  Tā bù jǐn méi zéguài tā, fǎn'ér chén zàn tā.
  It wasn't just that she didn't blame him - she actually praised the guy.

Words starting with 不仅

• 不仅仅bù jǐn jǐnnot only; not just
• 不仅如此bù jǐn rú cǐnot only that, but ...

Where 不仅 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Logical connectives & conjunctions (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bù jǐn correctly.
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