不 (bù): Not — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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Level 1

HSK 3.0:Recognition 1Writing 1-2

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HSK 3.0Vocab 1 Recognition 1 Writing 1-2

1.

Animated Stroke Order 不

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 不

3.

Character Breakdown

Single Body

不

一one

小small

不=

4.

Printable Writing Worksheet: 不

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5.

How to Use 不

Negating actions and qualities

不 + verbadjective

Use 不 before verbs and adjectives to make a basic negative phrase.

6.

HSK Vocabulary: 不

HSK 1

bú不

kè

7.

Example Sentences

jīn今

tiān天

qì气

bù不

hǎo好

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一one

+小small

不

+

是

/

有

/

去

not + verb

不

+

大

/

好

/

忙

not + adjective

不

+

太

+

a

d

j

e

c

t

i

v

e

not too + adjective

客

qi气

you're welcome; impolite

HSK 1

duì对

bu不

qǐ起

sorry

HSK 4

chà差

bu不

duō多

almost

HSK 4

bù不

jǐn仅

not only [this one]

HSK 3.0 · L4

bù不

biàn便

inconvenient

HSK 5

bù不

rú如

it would be better to …not as good as

。

The weather is not good today.

wǒ我

bù不

xǐ喜

huan欢

hē喝

kā咖

fēi啡

。

I do not like drinking coffee.

wǒ我

men们

de的

xiǎng想

fǎ法

wán完

quán全

bù不

tóng同

。

Our ideas are completely different.

qǐng请

bù不

yào要

zài在

zhè这

lǐ里

xī吸

yān烟

。

Please don't smoke here.

zhè这

bù部

diàn电

yǐng影

pāi拍

dé得

zhēn真

bú不

cuò错

。

This movie is really not bad.

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