但凡

Chinese

		but; yet; however but; yet; however; only; merely; still	ordinary; every; all ordinary; every; all; whatever; worldly
simp. and trad. (但凡)		但	凡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dànfán

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ ㄈㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan⁶ faan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dànfán
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄈㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dànfán
    • Wade–Giles: tan⁴-fan²
    • Yale: dàn-fán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dannfarn
    • Palladius: даньфань (danʹfanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹ fän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daan⁶ faan⁴
    • Yale: daahn fàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan⁶ faan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan⁶ fan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn²² faːn²¹/

Conjunction

但凡

1. any (whenever, whichever, whatever or whoever); as long as; so long as

   • 但凡來自中國聯賽的球員登場，球隊都沒有取得過比賽的勝利。 [MSC, trad.]
     但凡来自中国联赛的球员登场，球队都没有取得过比赛的胜利。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2018, 蒲垚磊, 《世界杯可以没有中国队，但不能没有中国人》, 澎湃新闻

     Dànfán láizì Zhōngguó liánsài de qiúyuán dēngchǎng, qiúduì dōu méiyǒu qǔdé guò bǐsài de shènglì. [Pinyin]

     Whenever a Chinese league player participated, the team they were in never won.

   • 但凡沾染上這一話題的公司，無不備受人們的口誅筆伐。 [MSC, trad.]
     但凡沾染上这一话题的公司，无不备受人们的口诛笔伐。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2018, 《招聘歧视录：美团拒聘乙肝骑手，爱奇艺排除河南人，苏宁涉歧视二本》, AI财经社

     Dànfán zhānrǎn shàng zhè yī huàtí de gōngsī, wúbù bèishòu rénmen de kǒuzhūbǐfá. [Pinyin]

     Any company that was involved in this topic would be strongly condemned by the general public.

Synonyms

• 凡是 (fánshì)
• 只要 (zhǐyào)