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

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1.

Animated Stroke Order 不

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How to write 不 — animated stroke order

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 不

不 stroke order diagram
3.

Character Breakdown

Single Body
不
一yī · one
小xiǎo · small
不=
4.

Printable Writing Worksheet: 不

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5.

How to Use 不

Negating actions and qualities

不 + verb/adjective

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

6.

HSK Vocabulary: 不

不客气 • bú kè qi • you're welcome; impolite
HSK 1
bú不
kè
7.

Example Sentences

jīn今
tiān天
tiān天
qì气
bù不
hǎo好

Information

Pinyinbù
Meaningnot; no
Strokes4
Radical一
Traditional不
StructureSingle Body
Frequency#6
Zhuyinㄅㄨˋ
UnicodeU+4E0D
CangjieMF
一yī · one
+小xiǎo · 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

对不起 • duì bu qǐ • sorry
HSK 1
duì对
bu不
qǐ起

sorry

差不多 • chà bu duō • almost
HSK 4
chà差
bu不
duō多

almost

不仅 • bù jǐn • not only [this one]
HSK 4
bù不
jǐn仅

not only [this one]

不便 • bù biàn • inconvenient
HSK 3.0 · L4
bù不
biàn便

inconvenient

不如 • bù rú • it would be better to …not as good as
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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