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  • 1

    adv.(used before verbs, adjectives and some adverbs to indicate negation) not; no

    • bù gǎi gé jiù méi yǒu chū lù

      改革没有出路

      There's no way out but reform.

    • wǒ bù xiǎng qù

      I don't want to go.

    • wǒ bù huì cāo zuò nà tái jī qì

      操作机器

      I don't know how to run that machine.

    • bù kěn

      be unwilling

  • 2

    adv.used to reply in the negative

    • bù tā bù shì

      No, he isn't.

    • bù tā bù zhī dào

      知道

      No, he doesn't.

    • bù bù shì tā

      No, it's not him.

  • 3

    adv.(used before certain nouns to form an adjective)

    • bù dào dé

      道德

      immoral

    • bù guī zé

      规则

      irregular

    • bù fǎ

      illegal

    • bù mín zhǔ

      民主

      undemocratic

    synonym
  • 4

    adv.dial(used at the end of a sntence to indicate that it is a question)

    • zhè běn shū tā xǐ huan bù

      喜欢

      Does she like the book?

    • nǐ yào qù kàn diàn yǐng bù

      电影

      Are you going to the cinema?

    • nǐ de shēn tǐ hǎo bù

      身体

      How are you?

    • tā lái bù

      Is she coming?

  • 5

    adv.(used between a verb and its complement) cannot

    • ná bù dòng

      find something too heavy to carry

    • zuò bù hǎo

      cannot do something well

    • jìn bù qù

      cannot go in

    synonym
  • 6

    adv.(used correlatively with 就) if not... (then...)

    • měi tiān wǎn shang tā zǒng zài xué xí bù shì kàn jiù shì xiě

      晚上学习就是

      She studies every night. If she's not reading then she's writing.

  • 7

    adv.(inserted between repeated words to show one's carelessness or indifference)

    • bù guǎn guì bù guì de wǒ jiù yào mǎi

      No matter how expensive it is, I'll have it.

    • tā zǒu bù zǒu

      Is she leaving?

    • shén me yuǎn bù yuǎn de wǒ yī dìng yào qù

      什么一定

      No matter how far it is, I'll go there anyhow.

    • bù guǎn lěi bù lěi de yǒu gōng zuò jiù děi zuò

      不管工作

      No matter how tired you are, you must do what comes to you.

  • 8

    adv.dial(used in polite formulas only) don't; need not

    • bù xiè

      No thanks.

    • bù sòng

      Forgive me for not seeing you out.

    • bù kè qi

      客气

      You're welcome.

    • bù yòng le

      no need

    synonym

Words and phrases with 不

Word usage

  • Note
    "不" will be prounouced as "bú " before the fouth tone words.

Similar-form characters to 不

Chinese Characters with pinyin

  • part; unit
  • go on foot; follow
  • cloth; a copper coin in ancient times
  • 簿
    notebook
  • be afraid of