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
behind the times; out of fashion; untimely
to pay no attention to; to ignore; to take no notice of
not paying attention; carelessly; by accident
to waver; indecision; hesitancy
motionless
Britain; Great Britain; British
in a slump; slack
no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared
to believe firmly without any doubt (idiom)
unrealistic; impractical
inseparable (as form and shadow)
to be awfully (busy etc)
considerable (cost etc); bountiful (crop etc)
completely indifferent; not the least bit concerned
to be so grieved as to wish one were dead
just what one wants; highly desirable
nothing much changes (idiom); always the same
unconsciously
easily; often, at the slightest thing
immortality
not to be taken as a precedent; not to be repeated
unknown whereabouts; unaccounted
not to be divulged; kept secret; hidden
won't do; unable to
can't help; involuntarily (idiom)