Most Used Character 4
Fourth Most Commonly Used Chinese Character
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不 |
Fourth Most Used Chinese Character
appearance score: # 4
frequency: 1.1565212%
Character 
Animation
Strokes
4
A Very Simple Example of Usage
Translation: She is not Mary.
| tā | bú | shì | mǎlì |
| 她 | 不 | 是 | 玛丽。 |
| She | not | is | Mary |
Pronunciation
bu4
ATTENTION: When it precedes a syllable of the fourth tone, it is pronounced in the second tone.
ATTENTION: When it precedes a syllable of the fourth tone, it is pronounced in the second tone.
Meaning
| - | No |
| - | This is a Chinese adverbial word: 1. used before verbs, adjectives or other Chinese adverbial words to form a negative; ATTENTION: The negative form of the verb  is  ,  is wrong.2. used alone as a negative answer; 3. used at the end of a sentence to form a question; 4. used in the negative form of the potential complement; 5. inserted in reiterative locutions, usually preceded by   to indicate indifference;6. used together with  to indicate a choice (either... or...) |
| - | Needn't, don't |
Pronunciation
Meaning
| - | First character of the Chinese word for 'cannot, not to':  |
There's no difference between the simplified and the traditional version of this character.
In this page you found all details about this Chinese characters. Anyway, if you really want to learn how to use it, I suggest you start from Lesson 1 of the "1,000 Chinese Characters" FREE Daily Course - click here for the course.
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