Learn Chinese for Free - Lesson 15

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Today's Chinese character:

不

Sorry, this is a completely negative lesson!

Characters' Essentials

Character

不

Pronunciation

bù
ATTENTION: When it precedes a syllable of the fourth tone, it is pronounced in the second tone.

Meaning

-	Used to form a negative

Description and Examples

不character: 不
pinyin: bù
details is used to form the negative of verbs, adjectives or other Chinese adverbial words. Its place is just before them.

A Joke

Exercise

Translate and write the following sentences:

I don't love him.

She doesn't love me.

She is not my teacher.

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Characters' Details

Chinese Character 34 of 1000

appearance score: # 4
frequency: 1.1565212%

Character

不

Animation

Strokes

4

Pronunciation

bù
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 有character: 有 pinyin: yǒu details is 没character: 没 pinyin: méi details有character: 有 pinyin: yǒu details, 不character: 不 pinyin: bù details有character: 有 pinyin: yǒu details 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 什么word: 什么 pinyin: shénme details to indicate indifference; 6. used together with 就character: 就 pinyin: jiù details to indicate a choice, either ... or ...)
-	Needn't, don't

Pronunciation

bu

Meaning

-	(First character of the Chinese word for 'cannot, not to': 不得word: 不得 pinyin: bude details)

There's no difference between the simplified and the traditional version of this character.

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