not; no; (negative prefix)

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 4th character
Radical ⼀ (1.3)
Strokes 4
Index # 91

Definitions

不 bù
  1. 1. not
  2. 2. no
  3. 3. (negative prefix)

Stroke order

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Words containing 不

Word Meaning
love it so much you can’t put it down
more and more emerge; innumerable succession
you flatter me
can't help; cannot but
supply does not meet demand
to brook no delay; to demand immediate action
the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)
inevitably
to persevere; unflagging efforts
unexpectedly; to one's surprise
the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
continuously; in an endless stream (idiom)
don't!; must not
pretty good; not bad; right
cannot; must not; should not
won't do; not work; be no good
not the same; different; not alike
to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb); to feel embarrassed
no good
no longer; no more
need not
need not; does not have to; not necessarily
not to care
it's just that ...; only; merely
unfortunate; unfortunately; misfortune