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不 bù

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不 bù Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bù | bu4
English translation
(negative prefix)
not
no
no, not, un-; negative prefix

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About 不 bù

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HSK level

1

Number of strokes

4

Traditional form

不 bù

Contains the radical

一 yī

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí

Learning hint

A bird flying toward the sky 一 yī

Etymology of 不 bù

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿱一 yī ？

Explanation

Pictograph of sepals of a flower. The meaning "no" is a phonetic loan.

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Example sentences using 不 bù

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我 wǒ 不 bù 知道 zhīdào 这 zhè 场 cháng 篮球 lán qiú 赛 sài 谁 shuí 会 huì 上场 shàng chǎng .

I don't know (wonder) who will play in the basketball match.

他 tā 则 zé 相当 xiāngdāng 克制 kèzhì 自己 zìjǐ ,不 bù 声张 shēng zhāng 地 de 与 yú 她 tā 分 fēn 了 le 手 shǒu .

He was so moderate as to leave her without noise.

老师 lǎoshī 和 hé 他 tā 的 de 学生 xuésheng 们 men 都 dōu 解 Xiè 不 bù 出 chū 那道题 Tí .

Neither the teacher nor his students know how to work out the problem.

她 tā 叹 tàn 了 le 口 kǒu 气 qì , 站 zhàn 了 le 起来 qǐlai , 不由自主 bù yóu zì zhǔ 地 de 拉 lā 好 hǎo 裙子 qúnzi ,摸 mō 平头 píng tóu 发 fā .

She sighed, stood up, automatically adjusted her skirt and smoothed her hair.

饭菜 fàn cài 而外,她 tā 还 Huán 得 dé 吃 chī 零 líng 食 shí , 肚子 dùzi 越 Yuè 显形 xiǎn xíng ,她 tā 就 jiù 觉得 juéde 越须多 duō 吃 chī 好 hǎo 东西 dōngxī ;不能 bù néng 亏着嘴 zuǐ .

Aside from meals, Tigress had to eat between them.

Words with 不 bù

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
不 bù not不 bù
不是 bú shi no不是 bú shi
不过 bùguò only不過
不要 bù yào don't!不要 bù yào
不能 bù néng cannot不能 bù néng
不错 bù cuò correct不錯
不同 bù tóng different不同 bù tóng
不会 bù huì improbable不會
对不起 duìbuqǐ unworthy對不起
不断 bùduàn unceasing不斷
不少 bù shǎo many不少 bù shǎo
不仅 bùjǐn not only (this one)不僅
不管 bùguǎn regardless of不管 bùguǎn
不到 bù dào not to arrive不到 bù dào
并不 bìng bù not at all並不
不再 bù zài no more不再 bù zài
不用 bù yòng need not不用 bù yòng
不想 bù xiǎng unexpectedly不想 bù xiǎng
是不是 shì bù shì is or isn't是不是 shì bù shì
不行 bù xíng won't do不行 bù xíng
不可 bù kě cannot不可 bù kě
不知 bù zhī not to know不知 bù zhī
不够 bù gòu not enough不夠
不了 bù le unable to不了 bù le
不足 bùzú lacking不足 bùzú

不 bù Decomposition & Compounds

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不 bù Compounds

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  • 不 bù
    • 否 fǒu
      • 痞 pǐ , 嚭 pǐ , 俖, 娝, 桮, 脴, 踎
    • 丕 pī
      • 胚 pēi , 呸 pēi , 坯 pī , 抷, 伾 pī , 柸 pēi , 狉 pī , 秠 pī , 苤 piě , 蚽 pí , 邳 pī , 駓, 噽, 岯, 怌, 豾, 鉟, 髬, 魾
    • 还 Huán , 坏 huài , 杯 bēi , 怀 Huái , 环 Huán , 歪 wāi , 孬 nāo , 甭 béng , 钚 bù , 鈈, 吥 bù , 囨 piān , 妚 pēi , 抔 póu , 紑 fóu , 罘 fú , 芣 fú , 伓, 奀, 嫑 biáo , 炋, 盃 bēi , 肧, 衃, 覔, 銔, 阫, 鴀
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