不

The character "不" has 4 strokes. "不" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "不" has 2 pronunciations, it is a polyphonic character. The pronunciations of "不" are "bù" "fǒu" . View the stroke order of "不">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "不"

adv.: not; no; no matter (what, how, etc); neither...nor...; cannot; if not...(then); either...or...; don't; needn't

• not : adv.不；没有；不算；不到；恰恰相反；不是；少于
• no : excl.不
• cannot : contraction不能
• don't : contraction不（同do not）
• needn't : contraction不需要；不必（同need not）

Form words with "不"

不送气音 unaspirated sound

不限量 without quantitative limitation

不服软 not go soft; refuse to bend

不搞特殊化 seek no personal privileges

不透明体 opaque body

不完整 incomplete

不施粉黛 wear no cosmetics

不礼貌 be impolite

不晓事 insensible

不懂礼貌 have no manners; be impolite

不怕吃苦 fear no hardships

不认字 be illiterate

不透明 opaque

不遗憾 have no regrets (about)

不伏罪 plead not guilty

不急用 not need urgently

不合口味 not to one's taste;not to one's taste

不含水分 contain no moisture

不识羞 have no sense of shame

不在场 be absent from the scene

Example phrases using "不"

• 既是你不愿意，那就以后再说吧。

  As you are unwilling, let’s talk about it later.

• 这夹克太小了，绷在身上不舒服。

  This jacket is too small and uncomfortably tight.

• 这家伙是个老顽固，不容易说服。

  This fellow is opinionated and not susceptible to persuasion.

• 我还没有读来信，不了解其内容。

  I haven’t read the letter yet and so I’m unaware of its contents.

• 这些农田土质很差，不适合耕作。

  The farmlands were too poor to produce crops.

• 多亏他来了，要不这台戏就完了。

  Fortunately, he came; otherwise the show would be done for.

• 这个钟在我这里是派不上用场了。

  I have no further use for this clock.

• 因为开会，不到中午我抽不开身。

  The meeting will tie me up until noon.

• 听他的口风，好像不赞成这件事。

  From the way he talks about it, he doesn’t seem to approve of this.

• 即使不成功，他们也会支持你的。

  They will stand by you even if you don’t succeed.