不 (bù)
Not; no.
How 不 is written
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- Traditional
- 不
- Simplified
- 不 (unchanged)
Components
- 一 one
- 丿 bend
- 卜 divination
Common words using 不
- 不久 bùjiǔ
- not long (after); before too long; soon
- 不但 bùdàn
- not only (... but also...)
- 不僅 bùjǐn
- not only (this one); not just (...) but also
- 不到 bùdào
- not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient
- 不同 bùtóng
- different; distinct; not the same
- 不堪 bùkān
- cannot bear; cannot stand; utterly
- 不如 bùrú
- not equal to; not as good as; inferior to
- 不妨 bùfáng
- there is no harm in; might as well
- 不安 bùān
- unpeaceful; unstable; uneasy
- 不少 bùshǎo
- many; a lot; not few
- 不已 bùyǐ
- endlessly; incessantly
- 不幸 bùxìng
- misfortune; adversity; unfortunate
不 in a sentence
我不喜歡吃臭豆腐。
Wǒ bù xǐhuān chī chòu dòufu.
“I don't like eating stinky tofu.”
How common is 不?
不 is the 4th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 8.2% of all running text.
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