不 bù

不 (bù) is a Chinese character with 4 strokes, taught at HSK level 1. This page gives its meaning, the words it appears in, and characters at the same level.

Meaning

不 means not in English.

Meanings in 13 languages

English	not
Spanish	no
Portuguese	não
French	ne…pas
German	nicht
Italian	non
Russian	не
Arabic	لا
Hindi	नहीं
Indonesian	tidak
Vietnamese	không
Japanese	ない
Korean	아니다

Stroke order

Stroke-order animation for this character: open the writing tool with 不 loaded.

Words containing 不

• 对不起 duìbuqǐ — sorry
• 不是 bú shì — no
• 不客气 bú kèqi — you're welcome
• 好久不见 hǎojiǔ bú jiàn — long time no see
• 不好意思 bù hǎoyìsi — excuse me / my bad
• 差不多 chàbuduō — about the same
• 我不会说中文 wǒ bú huì shuō Zhōngwén — I don't speak Chinese
• 我不懂 wǒ bù dǒng — I don't understand
• 我听不懂 wǒ tīngbudǒng — I don't understand what I hear

Characters at the same level