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不要紧

bù yào jǐn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 3-character word Traditional 不要緊

不要紧 (bù yào jǐn) means "it doesn't matter; not serious". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 不要紧 means

1. unimportant
2. not serious
3. it doesn't matter
4. never mind
5. it looks all right, but

The characters in 不要紧

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 要yàoto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should
• 紧jǐntight; strict; close at hand

Example sentences

• 稍微冷点儿不要紧。
  Shāowēi lěng diǎnr bù yàojǐn.
  I don't care if it's a bit cold.
• 脸色这么差不要紧吗？要不还是去一趟医院比较好吧？
  Liǎnsè zhème chà bù yàojǐn ma? Yàobù háishi qù yī tàng yīyuàn bǐjiào hǎo ba?
  Your face looks pale. Are you OK? Maybe it would be better if you went to the hospital, don't you think?
• 脸色这幺差不要紧吗？要不还是去一趟医院比较好吧？
  Your face looks pale. Are you OK? Maybe it would be better if you went to the hospital, don't you think?

Where 不要紧 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Necessity, Obligation & Avoidance (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bù yào jǐn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.