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 bù shì no / is not / not
 bù róng yì not
 jué bù not at all / simply (can) not
 kě yǐ can / may / possible / able to / not bad / pretty good
 méi yǒu haven't / hasn't / doesn't exist / to not have / to not be
 bù néng cannot / must not / should not
 bù huì improbable / unlikely / will not (act, happen etc) / not able / not having learned to do sth / (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it / not at all
 bù tóng different / distinct / not the same / not alike
 bù yào don't! / must not
 jiǎn dān simple / not complicated
 bù cuò correct / right / not bad / pretty good
 shì bù shì is or isn't / yes or no / whether or not
 bù shǎo many / a lot / not few
 bù zhī not to know / unaware / unknowingly / fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
 bù dé must not / may not / not to be allowed / cannot
 bù jǐn not only (this one) / not just (...) but also
 bù kě cannot / should not / must not
 bù yòng need not
 bù dào not to arrive / not reaching / insufficient / less than
 bù gǎn not dare to
 bìng bù not at all / emphatically not
 fǒu zé if not / otherwise / else / or else
 jǐn guǎn despite / although / even though / in spite of / unhesitatingly / do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc) / (go ahead and do it) without hesitating
 bù guǎn not to be concerned / regardless of / no matter
 liú xià to leave behind / to stay behind / to remain / to keep / not to let (sb) go
 bù kě néng impossible / cannot / not able
 xiū xián leisure / relaxation / not working / idle / to enjoy leisure / to lie fallow
 bù zú insufficient / lacking / deficiency / not enough / inadequate / not worth / cannot / should not
 wǎng wǎng usually / in many cases / more often than not
 bù rú not equal to / not as good as / inferior to / it would be better to
 wèi jīng not having undergone / without (having gone though a certain process)
 bù gòu not enough / insufficient / inadequate
 bù xū yào unnecessary / not required
 bù zài not to be present / to be out / (euphemism) to pass away / to be deceased
 bù dàn not only (... but also...)
 bù xíng won't do / be out of the question / be no good / not work / not be capable
 bù dà not very / not too / not often
 bù bì need not / does not have to / not necessarily
 néng fǒu whether or not / can it or can't it / is it possible?
 shàng wèi not yet / still not
 chà bu duō almost / nearly / more or less / about the same / good enough / not bad
 háo wú not in the least / to completely lack
 bù rán not so / no / or else / otherwise / if not / How about ...?
 bù kě yǐ may not
 bù jiǔ not long (after) / before too long / soon / soon after
 bù jiàn not to see / not to meet / to have disappeared / to be missing
 bù dǒng not to understand / cannot (see, hear, understand, as verb complement) / incomprehension
 huì bù huì (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot? / is able to or not
 háo bù hardly / not in the least / not at all
 méi shì it's not important / it's nothing / never mind / to have nothing to do / to be free / to be all right (out of danger or trouble)
 bù pà fearless / not worried (by setbacks or difficulties) / even if / even though
 bù xiáng not in detail / not quite clear
 bù lùn whatever / no matter what (who, how etc) / regardless of / not to discuss
 jué bù in no way / not in the least / absolutely not
 bù míng bái does not understand / fails to realize (intuitively) what is going on
 bù xià to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc)
 mò mò in silence / not speaking
 hái hǎo not bad / tolerable / fortunately
 bù qīng chu unclear / not understood / currently unknown
 bù yī dìng not necessarily / maybe
 jì lù variant of 記錄|记录[ji4 lu4] (but in Taiwan, not for the verb sense "to record")
 mín yíng privately run (i.e. by a company, not the state)
 xiǎng bu dào unexpected / hard to imagine / it had not occurred to me / who could have thought that
 bù suàn to not calculate / to not count / to not be considered (as) / to have no weight
 yǐ miǎn in order to avoid / so as not to
 bù míng not clear / unknown / to fail to understand
 bù zhǔn not to allow / to forbid / to prohibit
 bù yí not suitable / inadvisable / inappropriate
 bù zhǐ incessantly / without end / more than / not limited to
 bù gāi should not / to owe nothing
 bù yì not easy to do sth / difficult / unchanging
 bìng wèi not at all / by no means
 lái bu jí there's not enough time (to do sth) / it's too late (to do sth)
 bù jiě to not understand / to be puzzled by / indissoluble
 bù róng must not / cannot / to not allow / cannot tolerate
 wú xiào not valid / ineffective / in vain
 wú suǒ wèi to be indifferent / not to matter / cannot be said to be
 nán guài (it's) no wonder (that...) / (it's) not surprising (that)
 bù jí to fall short of / not as good as / too late
 zhāo hu to call out to / to greet / to say hello to / to inform / to take care of / to take care that one does not
 wèi bì not necessarily / maybe not
 bù zhǐ not only / not merely
 méi le to be dead / not to be, or cease to exist
 bù xǔ not to allow / must not / can't
 guò dé How are you getting by? / How's life? / contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by / tolerably well / not too bad
 bù fú hé discrepant / falling short (of expectations) / not matching up / not conforming / (figures) disagree / unbecoming
 yǒu wú to have or have not / surplus and shortfall / tangible and intangible / corporeal and incorporeal
 yǐn huàn a danger concealed within sth / hidden damage / misfortune not visible from the surface
 bù zài hu not to care
 yào bu shì if it were not for / but for
 wú gū innocent / innocence / not guilty (law)
 wú xū need not / not obliged to / not necessarily
 bù jìn not completely / endlessly
 chú wài to exclude / not including sth (when counting or listing) / except for
 bù xī not stint / not spare / not hesitate (to do sth) / not scruple (to do sth)
 bù zěn me not very / not particularly
 bù fēn not divided / irrespective / not distinguishing between
 bié shuō to say nothing of / not to mention / let alone
 bù jīng yì not paying attention / carelessly / by accident
 bù xiè to disdain to do sth / to think sth not worth doing / to feel it beneath one's dignity
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