no, not; un-; negative prefix

HSK 1 #4

DEFINITIONS

不 bù
  • (negative prefix)
  • not
  • no

STROKES

不 stroke order diagram
不 stroke order animation

WORDS

無事登三寶殿 wú shì bù dēng sān bǎo diàn lit. One doesn't visit a temple without a cause. (idiom); fig. to visit sb with an ulterior motive (esp. to ask for sth); having a hidden agenda
无人 wú rén bù no man is not...
無人 wú rén bù no man is not...
无人晓 wú rén bù xiǎo known to everyone
無人曉 wú rén bù xiǎo known to everyone
无人知 wú rén bù zhī known to everybody
無人知 wú rén bù zhī known to everybody
无功受禄 wú gōng bù shòu lù Don't get a reward if it's not deserved. (idiom)
無功受祿 wú gōng bù shòu lù Don't get a reward if it's not deserved. (idiom)
无可无可 wú kě wú bù kě neither for nor against sth; indifferent
無可無可 wú kě wú bù kě neither for nor against sth; indifferent
無堅摧 wú jiān bù cuī no stronghold one cannot overcome (idiom); to conquer every obstacle; nothing one can't do; to carry everything before one
無奇有 wú qí bù yǒu nothing is too bizarre; full of extraordinary things
无奸商 wú jiān bù shāng all businessmen are evil (idiom)
無奸商 wú jiān bù shāng all businessmen are evil (idiom)
无孔钻 wú kǒng bù zuān lit. leave no hole undrilled (idiom); to latch on to every opportunity
無孔鑽 wú kǒng bù zuān lit. leave no hole undrilled (idiom); to latch on to every opportunity
无巧成书 wú qiǎo bù chéng shū curious coincidence
無巧成書 wú qiǎo bù chéng shū curious coincidence
无往利 wú wǎng bù lì to be successful in every endeavor
無往利 wú wǎng bù lì to be successful in every endeavor
無微至 wú wēi bù zhì in every possible way (idiom); meticulous
无征信 wú zhēng bù xìn without proof one can't believe it (idiom)
無徵信 wú zhēng bù xìn without proof one can't believe it (idiom)
無惡作 wú è bù zuò not to shrink from any crime (idiom); to commit any imaginable misdeed