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Chinese
Pronunciation
Adjective
不第
- (historical, of imperial examination) failed
- 不第舉子／不第举子 ― bùdì jǔzǐ ― a candidate who has failed the imperial civil examination
- 屢試不第／屡试不第 ― lǚ shì bùdì ― failed an exam every time over and over again
Conjunction
不第
- (literary) not only
Synonyms
- 不但 (bùdàn)
- 不僅 / 不仅 (bùjǐn)
- 不光 (bùguāng)
- 不只 (bùzhǐ)
- 不單 / 不单 (bùdān)
- 不惟 (bùwéi) (literary)
- 不止 (bùzhǐ)
- 不特 (bùtè) (literary)
- 不獨 / 不独 (bùdú)
- 不直 (bùzhí) (literary)
- 不論 / 不论 (bùlùn) (literary)
- 伓止 (ēng-cǐ) (Northern Min, Hokkien)
- 勿僅 / 勿仅 (8veq-jin) (Wu)
- 勿僅僅 / 勿仅仅 (8veq-jin-jin) (Wu)
- 勿光 (8veq-kuaon) (Wu)
- 唔只 (m4 zi2) (Cantonese)
- 唔單 / 唔单 (m6 duan1) (Teochew)
- 唔單只 / 唔单只 (m4 daan1 zi2) (Cantonese, Teochew)
- 唔淨只 / 唔净只 (m4 zing6 zi2) (Cantonese)
- 毋但 (Hokkien)
- 豈但 / 岂但 (qǐdàn) (literary)
- 非但 (fēidàn)
- 非獨 / 非独 (fēidú)
- 非論 / 非论 (fēilùn) (literary)