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不

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What 不 means

1. no; not so
2. bound formnot; un-

Example sentences

• 不。
  No.
• 不！
  No!
• 不客气
  Bù kèqi
  Don't mention it.
• 不错。
  Not bad.
• 不对。
  It's wrong.
• 不懂。
  Don't understand.

Words starting with 不

• 不是bù shìno; is not; not
• 不能bù néngcannot; must not; should not
• 不会bù huìimprobable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc)
• 不过bù guòonly; merely; no more than
• 不要bù yàodon't!; must not
• 不客气bù kè qiyou're welcome; don't mention it; impolite
• 不同bù tóngdifferent; distinct; not the same
• 不好bù hǎono good
• 不知bù zhīnot to know; unaware; unknowingly
• 不错bù cuòcorrect; right; not bad
• 不少bù shǎomany; quite a few; a good number of
• 不想bù xiǎngunexpectedly; to one's surprise
• 不断bù duànunceasing; uninterrupted; continuous
• 不用bù yòngneed not
• 不了bù liǎo(as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth); (pattern: verb + 个
• 不再bù zàino more; no longer
• 不仅bù jǐnnot just; not limited to; (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...)
• 不管bù guǎnnot to be concerned; regardless of; no matter
• 不可bù kěcannot; should not; must not
• 不行bù xíngwon't do; be out of the question; be no good
• 不得不bù dé bùhave no choice or option but to; cannot but; have to
• 不但bù dànnot only (... but also ...)
• 不得bù démust not; may not; not to be allowed
• 不够bù gòunot enough; insufficient; inadequate

Words containing 不

• 对不起duì bu qǐI'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
• 并不bìng bùnot at all; by no means
• 是不是shì bu shìis or is not (used to form yes-no questions)
• 差不多chà bu duōalmost; nearly; more or less
• 受不了shòu bù liǎounbearable; unable to endure; can't stand
• 来不及lái bu jíthere's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late
• 忍不住rěn bu zhùcannot help; unable to bear
• 要不yào bùotherwise; or else; how about...?
• 说不定shuō bu dìngcan't say for sure; maybe
• 舍不得shě bu deto hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudge
• 了不起liǎo bu qǐamazing; terrific; extraordinary
• 怪不得guài bu deno wonder!; so that's why!
• 看不起kàn bu qǐto look down upon; to despise
• 恨不得hèn bu dewishing one could do sth; to hate to be unable; itching to do sth
• 要不然yào bù ránotherwise; or else; or
• 迫不及待pò bù jí dài(idiom) unable to hold oneself back; eager to do sth without delay
• 大不了dà bu liǎoat worst; if worst comes to worst; (usu. in the negative) serious; alarming
• 滔滔不绝tāo tāo bù jué(idiom) to produce a torrent of words; to talk on and on
• 微不足道wēi bù zú dào(idiom) negligible; insignificant
• 一丝不苟yī sī bù gǒunot one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules; meticulous…
• 层出不穷céng chū bù qióngmore and more emerge; innumerable succession; breeding like flies (idiom)
• 巴不得bā bu de(colloquial) to be eager for; to long for; to look forward to
• 络绎不绝luò yì bù jué(idiom) continuously; in an endless stream
• 爱不释手ài bù shì shǒu(idiom) to like sth so much that one is reluctant to put it down…

Characters that look like 不

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 下xiàdown; downwards; below

Sounds the same

Read bù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 部ministry; department; section
• 步a step; a pace; walk
• 布cloth; to declare; to announce
• 怖terror; terrified; afraid
• 簿a book; a register; account-book
• 埠(bound form) wharf; pier; port town; (Taiwan; computing; bound form) port
• 埔used in place names
• 钚plutonium (chemistry)
• 瓿a kind of vase (old); see 安瓿
• 埗wharf; dock; jetty
• 蔀(literary) to cover; to shelter; (literary) 76 years (unit of time in ancient calendars)
• 㘵(used in place names)