不经意 bù jīng yì

not paying attention; carelessly; by accident

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 14167th word

Definitions

  1. 1. not paying attention
  2. 2. carelessly
  3. 3. by accident

Characters

Character Meaning
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
经 jīng HSK 2
abbr. for economics 经济jīng jì; to pass through
意 yì HSK 2
meaning; idea; thought