不 (bù): meaning and stroke order
不 (bù) means no; not so, (bound form) not; un-.
不
- Simplified
- 不
- Traditional
- 不 (same form)
- Pinyin
- bù
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Stroke order of 不
不
- bù no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 4 strokes
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Meaning of 不
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bù
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
Radical and structure
- 不
- Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 4 strokes · built from 丆 and 卜
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Words with 不
- 不会 bù huì improbable; unlikely
- 不可 bù kě cannot; should not; must not
- 不用 bù yòng need not
- 不管 bù guǎn not to be concerned; regardless of
- 不同 bù tóng different; distinct
- 不然 bù rán not so; no
- 不过 bù guò only; merely
- 不如 bù rú not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to
- 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware
- 不能 bù néng cannot; must not
- 不到 bù dào not to arrive; not reaching
- 不料 bù liào unexpectedly; to one's surprise
不 in our stories
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司机说：“我不要钱。”
sījī shuō wǒ bú yào qián
The driver says, "I don't want any money."
From the story Taking a taxi HSK 1
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朋友也不说“生日快乐”。
péngyou yě bù shuō shēngrì kuàilè
Her friends don't say "Happy birthday" either.
From the story Happy birthday HSK 1
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第一天早上，她只跑了十分钟就跑不动了。
dì-yī tiān zǎoshang tā zhǐ pǎo le shí fēnzhōng jiù pǎo bú dòng le
On the first morning she ran only ten minutes before she couldn't run any more.
From the story A little more every day HSK 2
Where you learn it
不 appears in the vocabulary of our HSK 1 learning material. This is a Mythic Mandarin word list, not an official HSK list.
Stories using 不
- Taking a taxi HSK 1
- Happy birthday HSK 1
- A little more every day HSK 2
- How do I get to the bookshop? HSK 2
- Where's my phone? HSK 2
- The little dragon and the rain HSK 2
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).