| 但 | [ dàn ] but, yet, however, only, merely, still |
| 但丁 | [ dàn dīng ] Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet, author of the Divine Comedy 神曲 |
| 但以理書 | [ dàn yǐ lǐ shū ] Book of Daniel |
| 但凡 | [ dàn fán ] every single, as long as |
| 但尼生 | [ dàn ní shēng ] Tennyson (name), Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (1809-1892), English poet |
| 但是 | [ dàn shì ] but, however |
| 但書 | [ dàn shū ] proviso, qualifying clause |
| 但說無妨 | [ dàn shuō wú fáng ] there is no harm in saying what one thinks (idiom) |
| 但願 | [ dàn yuàn ] if only (sth were possible), I wish (that) |
| 但願如此 | [ dàn yuàn rú cǐ ] if only it were so, I hope so (idiom) |
| ⇒ 不但 | [ bù dàn ] not only (... but also...) |
| ⇒ 不求有功，但求無過 | [ bù qiú yoǔ gōng dàn qiú wú guò ] lit. not aiming to achieve the best possible result, but rather trying to avoid making mistakes (idiom), fig. to take a risk-averse approach |
| ⇒ 撒但 | [ sā dàn ] variant of 撒旦[Sa1 dan4], Satan or Shaitan |
| ⇒ 格但斯克 | [ gé dàn sī kè ] Gdansk, city on Baltic in north Poland |
| ⇒ 約但 | [ yuē dàn ] variant of 約旦|约旦, Jordan |
| ⇒ 約但河 | [ yuē dàn hé ] variant of 約旦河|约旦河[Yue1 dan4 He2] |
| ⇒ 聖但尼 | [ shèng dàn ní ] St Denis or St Dennis |
| ⇒ 非但 | [ feī dàn ] not only |
| ⇒ 馬但 | [ mǎ dàn ] Matthan, son of Eleazar and father of Jakob in Matthew 1.15 |
