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
not known to anyone; unknown; secret
cannot tolerate; to not allow; cannot
not at all; emphatically not
not only that, but ...
incessant
to differ to some extent (idiom)
not able to keep up with
not only; not merely
unconsciously; unwittingly
to ignore; to pay no heed to (idiom); to brush aside
unhappy; depressed; sulky
unremarkable; nothing out of the ordinary
not merely; not simply; not the only
unyielding; unbending
to look down upon; to hold in contempt
to not conform to; to be unsuited to
ominous; inauspicious
I don't understand a word (idiom); it's all Greek to me
out of hand; unmanageable; hopeless
how very ...; not at all ...
immortality; immortal
have to; cannot but
shameful
unfair; unjust
unfortunately; too bad; as luck would have it