不
bùTraditional: 不
HSK 1
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Translation
not, no
Stroke order
不
Examples
。
I don't like coffee.
。
He isn't at home.
。
This isn't a problem.
。
I do not want to eat.
雨。
She does not like the rain.
不 (bù) is the standard negation word in Mandarin, used to negate verbs and adjectives.
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Appears in 27 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 不.
不是bú shìis not, am not, are not不会bú huìcannot, does not know how to; will not不能bù néngcannot, must not (prohibition or incapacity)不要bú yàodo not (imperative negation)不想bù xiǎngdon't want to, not willing to对不起duì bù qǐsorry, excuse me不过bú guòbut, however, only, merely是不是shì bu shìis it or isn't it, right?不用bú yòngno need to, don't have to不错bú cuònot bad, pretty good, correct不行bù xíngwon't do, not okay, cannot不到bú dàocannot reach, fewer than, less than不管bù guǎnno matter, regardless of, despite不好bù hǎonot good, bad, poor不了bù liǎounable to, impossible to do or complete不同bù tóngdifferent, unlike, not the same不好意思bù hǎo yì siexcuse me, sorry (mild); to feel embarrassed不会bú huìwon't, will not; cannot, unable to不再bú zàino longer, not anymore不然bù ránotherwise, or else, if not so不该bù gāishould not, ought not to不够bú gòunot enough, insufficient不得不bù dé bùhave to, cannot but, must差不多chà bu duōabout the same, almost, roughly不必bú bìneed not, not necessary不知bù zhīnot to know可不是kě bú shìexactly, isn't it just
Used in
Grammar articles
- Mandarin Advanced Grammar (C1-C2 / HSK 6+): Chengyu, Classical Remnants, and Register
- Mandarin Grammar Cheatsheet: The Essentials, One Page
- Mandarin Verb Conjugation: Why It Doesn't Exist and What Replaces It
- Mandarin Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2 / HSK 4-5): Complements, Conjunctions and the Full 了 System
- Mandarin Word Order: SVO, Topic-Comment, and the 把 Construction That Reorders Everything
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