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不妙 (bú miào): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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不妙

不妙 (bú miào): Not good (Adjective) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

不妙 consists of 2 characters.

wonderful, exquisite, clever

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Pinyinbú miào

MeaningNot good

Characters2

HSK3.0 Level 7-9

SyntaxAdjective

Word不妙

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Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 不妙.

Words with 不

不要bù yàoHSK 1
不客气bú kè qiHSK 1
对不起duì bu qǐHSK 1
不错bù cuòHSK 2
不好意思bù hǎo yì siHSK 2
不久bù jiǔHSK 3
不但bù dànHSK 3
不同bù tóngHSK 3

Words with 妙

巧妙qiǎo miàoHSK 5
奇妙qí miàoHSK 6
美妙měi miàoHSK 6
莫名其妙mò míng qí miàoHSK 6
微妙wēi miàoHSK 7-9
精妙jīng miàoHSK 7-9
妙哉miào zāi
曼妙màn miào

3.

How to Use 不妙 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 不妙 with other words naturally.

Verb + Object

yù预

gǎn感

bú不

miào妙

neutral

have a bad premonition

gǎn感

dào到

bú不

miào妙

neutral

feel something is wrong

Subject + Verb

qíng情

kuàng况

bú不

miào妙

neutral

the situation is not good

4.

Example Sentences with 不妙

tiān天

hēi黑

le了

，

bù不

miào妙

。

xíng形

shì势

bú不

miào妙

formal

the situation is unfavorable

It's getting dark, that's not good.

tán谈

pàn判

xiàn陷

rù入

jiāng僵

jú局

，

xíng形

shì势

kāi开

shǐ始

xiǎn显

de得

bú不

miào妙

。

The negotiations have reached a deadlock, and the situation is starting to look not good.

nǐ你

nán难

dào道

bù不

jué觉

de得

tā他

de的

chén沉

mò默

yǒu有

xiē些

wēi微

miào妙

de的

bú不

miào妙

ma吗

？

Don't you think his silence carries a subtle sense of not being good?

tā他

kǎo考

shì试

méi没

kǎo考

hǎo好

，

gǎn感

jué觉

bù不

miào妙

。

He didn't do well on the exam and feels that things are not looking good.

tā他

bù不

jǐn仅

méi没

yǒu有

dào道

qiàn歉

，

fǎn反

ér而

tài态

dù度

qiáng强

yìng硬

，

zhè这

shí实

zài在

bú不

miào妙

。

Not only did he not apologize, but he also took a tough stance, which is really not good.

tiān天

qì气

yù预

bào报

shuō说

xià下

wǔ午

yǒu有

bào暴

yǔ雨

，

wǒ我

men们

de的

yě野

cān餐

jì计

huà划

kǒng恐

pà怕

bú不

miào妙

。

The weather forecast says there will be heavy rain this afternoon, so our picnic plan is probably not good.

kàn看

dào到

gǔ股

shì市

dà大

diē跌

，

tóu投

zī资

zhě者

men们

fēn纷

fēn纷

jué觉

de得

bù不

miào妙

。

Seeing the stock market plummet, investors all feel that the situation is unfavorable.

zī资

jīn金

liàn链

duàn断

liè裂

qiě且

shì市

chǎng场

fǎn反

yìng应

lěng冷

dàn淡

，

gōng公

sī司

qián前

jǐng景

fēi非

cháng常

bú不

miào妙

。

With the capital chain broken and a lukewarm market response, the company's prospects are very not good.