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不要 (bú yào): Don't! (Adverb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

不要 consists of 2 characters.

want; be going to; ask for; demand

Word Info

Pinyinbú yào

Meaningdon't!

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 1

SyntaxAdverb

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 不要.

Words with 不

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
不用bù yòngHSK 3

Words with 要

快要kuài yàoHSK 2
主要zhǔ yàoHSK 3
要求yāo qiúHSK 3
重要zhòng yàoHSK 3
需要xū yàoHSK 3
只要zhǐ yàoHSK 4
将要jiāng yàoHSK 4
要是

yào shi

HSK 4

3.

Example Sentences with 不要

qǐng请

bù不

yào要

zài在

zhè这

lǐ里

xī吸

yān烟

。

Please don't smoke here.

shī失

bài败

hòu后

bú不

yào要

zì自

něi馁

。

Don't lose confidence after failure

bù不

yào要

wàng忘

jì记

dài带

nǐ你

de的

yào钥

shi匙

bú不

yào要

xià吓

hu唬

xiǎo小

hái孩

zi子

。

Don't scare children.

bú不

yào要

duì对

hái孩

zi子

sā撒

huǎng谎

。

Don't lie to children

bú不

yào要

yǒu有

tài太

duō多

shē奢

wàng望

。

Don't have too many extravagant hopes.

qǐng请

bú不

yào要

làng浪

fèi费

shí食

wù物

。

Please don't waste food.

qǐng请

bú不

yào要

jiàn践

tà踏

cǎo草

píng坪

。

Please do not trample the lawn.

qǐng请

bú不

yào要

chù触

mō摸

zhǎn展

pǐn品

。

Please do not touch the exhibits.

qǐng请

bú不

yào要

cǎi踩

tà踏

cǎo草

píng坪

。

Please do not trample the lawn.

。

Don't forget to bring your keys.