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不客气

bù kè qi

Old HSK 1 HSK 3.0 level 1 3-character word Traditional 不客氣

不客气 (bù kè qi) means "you're welcome". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 1 in the old six-level list.

What 不客气 means

1. you're welcome
2. don't mention it
3. impolite
4. rude
5. blunt

The characters in 不客气

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 客kècustomer; visitor; guest; classifier for servings or portions (when ordering food)
• 气qìgas; air; smell; weather

Example sentences

• 不客气
  Bù kèqi
  Don't mention it.
• 不客气。
  You're welcome.
• 你要是再给我们公司出洋相，我可就不客气了。
  Nǐ yàoshi zài gěi wǒmen gōngsī chūyángxiàng, wǒ kějiù bù kèqi le.
  If you make fun of our company again, we certainly won’t be polite to you.

Words containing 不客气

• 毫不客气háo bù kè qino trace of politeness; unrestrained (criticism)

Where 不客气 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Greetings and Social Phrases (HSK 1), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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