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不用 (bú yòng): Need not (Adverb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

不用 consists of 2 characters.

Word Info

Pinyinbú yòng

Meaningneed not

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 3

SyntaxAdverb

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 不用.

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 用

常用cháng yòngHSK 3
有用yǒu yòngHSK 3
信用卡xìn yòng kǎHSK 3
作用zuò yòngHSK 4
使用shǐ yòngHSK 4
用于yòng yúHSK 4
用来yòng láiHSK 4
费用

fèi yòng

HSK 4

3.

Example Sentences with 不用

wǒ我

méi没

shì事

，

bú不

yòng用

dān担

xīn心

。

I'm fine, don't worry.

nǐ你

bù不

yòng用

zháo着

jí急

，

shí时

jiān间

hái还

zǎo

tā他

àn暗

shì示

wǒ我

míng明

tiān天

bú不

yòng用

lái来

zhè这

bǎ把

dāo刀

cháng长

shí时

jiān间

bú不

yòng用

yǐ已

wǒ我

huì会

ān安

pái排

hǎo好

yī一

qiè切

，

nǐ你

bù

zhè这

ge个

xiǎo小

qū区

hěn很

ān安

quán全

，

wǎn晚

shàng上

wǒ我

men们

shì是

péng朋

yǒu友

，

bù不

yòng用

jiàn见

wài

zhè这

zhǐ只

shì是

qū区

qū区

xiǎo小

shì事

，

bù不

yòng

wǒ我

zuò坐

dì地

tiě铁

zhí直

dá达

gōng公

sī司

，

bù

rú如

guǒ果

nǐ你

bù不

yòng用

zhè这

ge个

ruǎn软

jiàn件

早

。

You don't need to hurry, there's still plenty of time.

shàng

上

bān班

。

He hinted that I don't need to come to work tomorrow.

jīng

经

shēng生

xiù锈

le了

。

This knife has rusted from long disuse.

不

yòng用

dān担

xīn心

。

I will arrange everything, so you don't need to worry.

sàn散

bù步

yě也

bù不

yòng用

dān担

xīn心

。

This neighborhood is very safe, so you don't need to worry when taking a walk at night.

外

。

We are friends, no need to be so formal.

用

xiè谢

。

This is just a trivial matter, no need to thank me.

不

yòng用

huàn换

chéng乘

。

I take the subway directly to the office without transferring.

le

了

，

kě可

yǐ以

zhù注

xiāo销

zhàng账

hào号

。

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