不
bù
not, no
The primary negation particle in Chinese. Essential for forming negative statements and expressing absence or denial.
Compound Words
📊 Total Compounds: 12 Click column headers to sort
| Visual Explanation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 不要 | bùyào | don't, don't want no quieras / no | not + want = refusal or advice |
| 不好 | bùhǎo | not good, bad no bueno / malo | not + good = negative quality |
| 不对 | bùduì | wrong, incorrect incorrecto / no está bien | not + correct = mistake |
| 不用 | bùyòng | no need, don't need to no necesitas / no hace falta | not + use = unnecessary |
| 不过 | bùguò | but, however, only pero / sin embargo / solo | not + pass = limitation or contrast |
| 不行 | bùxíng | won't work, not okay no funciona / no está bien | not + go = ineffective |
| 不错 | bùcuò | not bad, pretty good no está mal / bastante bueno | not + wrong = positive assessment |
| 不够 | bùgòu | not enough, insufficient no es suficiente / insuficiente | not + enough = lacking |
| 不少 | bùshǎo | quite a lot, many bastante / mucho | not + few = considerable amount |
| 不如 | bùrú | not as good as, better to no tan bueno como / mejor | not + like = inferior comparison |
| 不但 | bùdàn | not only no solo / no solamente | not + only = expanding scope |
| 不停 | bùtíng | continuously, non-stop sin parar / continuamente | not + stop = continuous action |
不要 bùyào
English: don't, don't want
Español: no quieras / no
💡 not + want = refusal or advice
不好 bùhǎo
English: not good, bad
Español: no bueno / malo
💡 not + good = negative quality
不对 bùduì
English: wrong, incorrect
Español: incorrecto / no está bien
💡 not + correct = mistake
不用 bùyòng
English: no need, don't need to
Español: no necesitas / no hace falta
💡 not + use = unnecessary
不过 bùguò
English: but, however, only
Español: pero / sin embargo / solo
💡 not + pass = limitation or contrast
不行 bùxíng
English: won't work, not okay
Español: no funciona / no está bien
💡 not + go = ineffective
不错 bùcuò
English: not bad, pretty good
Español: no está mal / bastante bueno
💡 not + wrong = positive assessment
不够 bùgòu
English: not enough, insufficient
Español: no es suficiente / insuficiente
💡 not + enough = lacking
不少 bùshǎo
English: quite a lot, many
Español: bastante / mucho
💡 not + few = considerable amount
不如 bùrú
English: not as good as, better to
Español: no tan bueno como / mejor
💡 not + like = inferior comparison
不但 bùdàn
English: not only
Español: no solo / no solamente
💡 not + only = expanding scope
不停 bùtíng
English: continuously, non-stop
Español: sin parar / continuamente
💡 not + stop = continuous action