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不宜

bù yí

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

不宜 (bù yí) means "not suitable; inadvisable; inappropriate". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 不宜 means

1. not suitable
2. inadvisable
3. inappropriate

The characters in 不宜

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 宜yíproper; should; suitable

Words containing 不宜

• 少儿不宜shào ér bù yínot suitable for children

Sounds the same

Read bù yí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 不移steadfast; inalienable

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bù yí correctly.
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