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

等邊三角形 bù děng biān sān jiǎo xíng scalene triangle
答理 bù dā lǐ to pay no heed to
管怎樣 bù guǎn zěn yàng in any case; no matter what
管白猫黑猫,捉住老鼠就是好猫 bù guǎn bái māo hēi māo , zhuō zhù lǎo shǔ jiù shì hǎo māo it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black; as long as it catches mice it's a good cat (variant of a Sichuanese saying used in a speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)
管白貓黑貓,捉住老鼠就是好貓 bù guǎn bái māo hēi māo , zhuō zhù lǎo shǔ jiù shì hǎo māo it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black; as long as it catches mice it's a good cat (variant of a Sichuanese saying used in a speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)
简单 bù jiǎn dān not simple; rather complicated; remarkable; marvelous
簡單 bù jiǎn dān not simple; rather complicated; remarkable; marvelous
粘鍋 bù zhān guō non-stick pan
約而同 bù yuē ér tóng to agree by chance (idiom); taking the same action without prior consultation
终天年 bù zhōng tiān nián to die before one's allotted lifespan has run its course (idiom)
終天年 bù zhōng tiān nián to die before one's allotted lifespan has run its course (idiom)
结果 bù jié guǒ fruitless
結果 bù jié guǒ fruitless
结盟 bù jié méng nonalignment
結盟 bù jié méng nonalignment
结盟运动 bù jié méng yùn dòng Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
結盟運動 bù jié méng yùn dòng Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
绝 bù jué unending; uninterrupted
絕 bù jué unending; uninterrupted
绝如缕 bù jué rú lǚ hanging by a thread; very precarious; almost extinct; (of sound) linger on faintly
絕如縷 bù jué rú lǚ hanging by a thread; very precarious; almost extinct; (of sound) linger on faintly
絕於耳 bù jué yú ěr (of sound) to never stop; to fall incessantly on the ear; to linger on
绝于途 bù jué yú tú to come and go in an incessant stream
絕於途 bù jué yú tú to come and go in an incessant stream
给力 bù gěi lì lame (unimpressive); a huge letdown; not to try at all