Learning Chinese Characters Visually with Drawings

不 bù not

In the sky, which is drawn as a one (一 yī one), above a person (亻 rén person), there is a bird, which is drawn as a dot (丶 diǎn dot), which the person could not catch.

Note: The tone of the character for not (不 bù not) can change. These tone changes are illustrated in the pronunciation section of this website. Yet, we always use tone 4 when the character for not (不 bù not) is mentioned on this website.

Variants: 不不.

New character and 400 most important characters.
并不	bìngbù	side by side, not	not really	_
不	bù	not	no, not, after negative question: yes	_
不安	bùān	not, quiet	not quiet, restless, nervous	_
不好过	bùhǎo guò	not, good, pass by	having a hard time	_
不好说	bùhǎo shuō	not, good, say	not good to say, not good to speak of, not kind to say, not easy to explain	_
不好意思	bùhǎo yìsī	not, good, meaning, thought	to feel embarrassed, sorry, I'm sorry, excuse me	_
不久	bùjiǔ	not, long time	before long, soon, shortly, not long after	_
不能	bùnéng	not, can	cannot, be unable to	_
不是	bùshì	not, be	no	_
不同	bùtóng	not, same	different	_
不同意	bùtóng yì	not, same, meaning	disagree	_
不须	bùxū	not, must	need not, need no	_
从不	cóngbù	from, not	never	_
对不对	duìbù duì	opposite, not, opposite	right?	_
对不起	duìbù qǐ	opposite, not, rise	I'm sorry, excuse me, (you, my opposite, please dont rise in anger!)	_
好不好	hǎobù hǎo	good, not, good	o.k.?	_
且不说	qiěbù shuō	for the time being, not, say	not mention for the time being	_
时不时	shíbù shí	time, not, time	sth which one wants to do: from time to time	_
一点都不	yīdiǎn dōubù	one, dot, all, not	not at all	_
一点也不	yīdiǎn yěbù	one, dot, also, not	not at all	_

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不得不	bùdé bù	not, get, not	have to	_
不懂装懂	bùdǒng zhuāngdǒng	not, understand, dress up, understand	one who doesn't know pretends to know	_
不更事	bùgēng shì	not, change, thing	inexperienced	_
不够	bùgòu	not, enough	not enough, insufficient	_
不仅	bùjǐn	not, only	not only	_
不免	bùmiǎn	not, exempt	unavoidable	_
不停	bùtíng	not, stop	not to stop, nonstop, incessantly	_
不宜	bùyí	not, suitable	be unsuitable, should not	_
不孕	bùyùn	not, pregnancy	barrenness	_
不准	bùzhǔn	not, allow	not allow, forbid, not accurate	_
才不	cáibù	talent, not	not at all	_
此路不通	cǐlù bùtōng	this, road, not, go through	dead end, blind alley	_
寸草不生	cùncǎo bùshēng	inch, grass, not, give birth	not even a blade of grass grows, infertile	_
根本不	gēnběn bù	root, origin, not	never	_
供不起	gōngbù qǐ	supply, not, rise	cannot afford, not be able to pay for education	_
毫不	háobù	long fine hair, not	hardly, not at all	_
既不	jìbù	already, not	neither	_
睡不着觉	shuìbù zháojiào	sleep, not, touch, sleep	cannot sleep	_
说得不错	shuōde bùcuò	say, particle, not, mistake	speak well	_
行不行	xíngbù xíng	go, not, go	o.k.?	_
一去不返	yīqù bùfǎn	one, go, not, return	gone for ever, gone never to return	_

New character and 1200 most important characters.
不凡	bùfán	not, ordinary	extraordinary	_
不顾	bùgù	not, care	disregard, in spite of, regardless	_
不管	bùguǎn	not, tube	no matter what, no matter how	_
不忍	bùrěn	not, endure	unable to bear	_
不着急	bùzháo jí	not, touch, urgent	in no hurry	_
不忠	bùzhōng	not, faithful	unfaithful	_
川流不息	chuānliú bùxī	river, to flow, not, breath	flow past in an endless stream	_
各不相关	gèbù xiāngguān	each, not, mutual, shut	everyone looks after himself, be independent, disrelated	_
各种不同的	gèzhǒng bùtóng de	each, seed, not, same, particle	different	_
目不转睛	mùbù zhuǎnjīng	eye, not, turn, eye	look fixedly, gaze intently	_
算不清	suànbù qīng	calculate, not, clear	can't calculate clearly, innumerable, uncountable	_
万夫不当	wànfū bùdāng	ten thousand, man, not, equal	be unmatched	_
笑而不答	xiàoér bùdá	laugh, and, not, answer	to only smile without replying	_

New character and 1600 most important characters.
半死不活	bànsǐ bùhuó	half, die, not, live	more dead than alive, half dead	_
不肯	bùkěn	not, be willing to	not willing to, disagree, disapprove	_
不宁	bùníng	not, peaceful	not peaceful	_
不仁	bùrén	not, benevolence	not benevolent, heartless, benumbed	_
不休	bùxiū	not, rest	ceaselessly	_
差不多	chàbù duō	differ, not, many	almost, about, pretty much the same thing	_
福不双至	fúbù shuāngzhì	blessing, not, pair, to	blessings do not come in pairs.	_
数不过来	shǔbù guòlái	to count, not, pass by, come	countless	_
数不清	shǔbù qīng	to count, not, clear	countless	_
素不相识	sùbù xiāngshí	plain, not, mutual, know	total stranger, have never met	_

New character and 2000 most important characters.
摆不下	bǎibù xià	put, not, under	lack of room: can't place	_
不敢	bùgǎn	not, dare	not dare to do sth	_
不价	bùjie	not, suffix	I disagree, no	_
不劳而获	bùláo érhuò	not, labor, and, get	reap without sowing	_
不良	bùliáng	not, good	bad, harmful	_
不俗	bùsú	not, common	uncommon, unique	_
不雅	bùyǎ	not, refined	vulgar, indelicate, ungenteel	_
不遗余力	bùyí yúlì	not, leave behind, extra, strength	do one's utmost	_
充耳不闻	chōngěr bùwén	fill, ear, not, hear	turn a deaf ear to	_
禁不起	jīnbù qǐ	endure, not, rise	be unable to stand	_
禁不住	jīnbù zhù	endure, not, live	be unable to bear or endure	_
舍不得	shěbù de	give up, not, particle	hate to part with	_

New character and 2400 most important characters.
不愁	bùchóu	not, worry	have nothing to worry about	_
不乏	bùfá	not, lack	there is no lack of, not rare	_
不可抗拒	bùkě kàngjù	not, can, resist, resist	irresistible	_
不赔不赚	bùpéi bùzhuàn	not, compensate, not, profit	neither win nor lose, break even	_
不屈	bùqū	not, bend	unyielding, unbending	_
不思悔改	bùsī huǐgǎi	not, thought, regret, change	have no intention of mending one's ways, be unwilling to repent	_
不祥	bùxiáng	not, auspicious	inauspicious	_
不详	bùxiáng	not, detailed	not in detail, not quite clear, not well known, unknown	_
不循私情	bùxún sīqíng	not, follow, personal, emotion	not be influenced by personal considerations	_
乐此不疲	lècǐ bùpí	pleasure, this, not, exhausted	always enjoy it, never tired of it	_
生不逢时	shēngbù féngshí	give birth, not, meet, time	be born at the wrong time	_

New character and 2800 most important characters.
不恭	bùgōng	not, respect	disrespectful, impolite, rude	_
不哼不哈	bùhēng bùhā	not, groan, not, sound of laughter	remain quiet, refrain from expressing one's own view about sth	_
不眠不休	bùmián bùxiū	not, sleep, not, rest	without sleep nor rest	_
不妥	bùtuǒ	not, appropriate	inappropriate	_
饥不择食	jībù zéshí	starve, not, choose, food	a hungry person is not choosy about his food, hunger is the best sauce	_
酒不沾唇	jiǔbù zhānchún	wine, not, moisten, lip	not even moisten the lips with a bit of wine, not to drink even a drop of alcohol	_
抹不开	mòbù kāi	plaster, not, open	feel embarrassed	_
滔滔不绝	tāotāo bùjué	flowing freely, flowing freely, not, cut off	words tumble out in a flood, pour out words in a steady flow	_

New character and 3200 most important characters.
半身不遂	bànshēn bùsuí	half, body, not, satisfy	hemiplegia	_
不分昼夜	bùfēn zhòuyè	not, divide, daytime, night	work day and night	_
不规矩	bùguī jǔ	not, rule, carpenter's square	not behave well, loose	_
不偏不倚	bùpiān bùyǐ	not, inclined, not, lean on	impartial, exact, just	_
不孝	bùxiào	not, filial piety	fail to practise filial piety, be unfilial	_
不孝子	bùxiào zǐ	not, filial piety, child	son without respect for parents and ancestors	_

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