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

不 stroke order diagram
不 stroke order animation

Words containing 不

Word Meaning
otherwise; or else; or
why not?; why not do (sth)?
not clear; unknown; to fail to understand
fault; blame
not; is not; no
cannot; must not; not to be allowed
unexpected; who could have thought that
not only; not the only one
not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); fearless
won't work; will get (you) nowhere
bad; harmful; unhealthy
dissatisfied; discontented; resentful
from time to time
not as bad as; unlikely to go so far as to
endlessly; incessantly
to make life difficult for; to embarrass
not very; not too; not often
with great difficulty; very difficult
not very; not particularly
to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable
never
not proper; inappropriate
to be everywhere
not knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end
can't compare with