不想 - Mandarin word #156

不想

bùxiǎng

Traditional: 不想

HSK 2

#156 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

don't want to, not willing to

Stroke order

不

想

。

I don't want to go.

。

He doesn't want to talk.

？

Don't you want to eat?

。

I do not want to go out today.

论lùn。

She does not want to discuss this any more.

不想 (bù xiǎng) means don't want to, not willing to. It is used as a verb in everyday Mandarin speech.

不用

no need to, don't have to

不行

won't do, not okay, cannot

可

may, can, to approve

想要

to want, to desire

要

to want; will; need to

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

This word is part of lesson 4.