不是 | bù shì | no / is not / not | |
不容易 | bù róng yì | not | |
决不 | jué bù | not at all / simply (can) not | |
可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to / not bad / pretty good | |
没有 | méi yǒu | haven't / hasn't / doesn't exist / to not have / to not be | |
不能 | bù néng | cannot / must not / should not | |
不会 | 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 | |
不同 | bù tóng | different / distinct / not the same / not alike | |
不要 | bù yào | don't! / must not | |
简单 | jiǎn dān | simple / not complicated | |
不错 | bù cuò | correct / right / not bad / pretty good | |
是不是 | shì bù shì | is or isn't / yes or no / whether or not | |
不少 | bù shǎo | many / a lot / not few | |
不知 | bù zhī | not to know / unaware / unknowingly / fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
不得 | bù dé | must not / may not / not to be allowed / cannot | |
不仅 | bù jǐn | not only (this one) / not just (...) but also | |
不可 | bù kě | cannot / should not / must not | |
不用 | bù yòng | need not | |
不到 | bù dào | not to arrive / not reaching / insufficient / less than | |
不敢 | bù gǎn | not dare to | |
并不 | bìng bù | not at all / emphatically not | |
否则 | fǒu zé | if not / otherwise / else / or else | |
尽管 | jǐn guǎn | despite / although / even though / in spite of / unhesitatingly / do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc) / (go ahead and do it) without hesitating | |
不管 | bù guǎn | not to be concerned / regardless of / no matter | |
留下 | liú xià | to leave behind / to stay behind / to remain / to keep / not to let (sb) go | |
不可能 | bù kě néng | impossible / cannot / not able | |
休闲 | xiū xián | leisure / relaxation / not working / idle / to enjoy leisure / to lie fallow | |
不足 | bù zú | insufficient / lacking / deficiency / not enough / inadequate / not worth / cannot / should not | |
往往 | wǎng wǎng | usually / in many cases / more often than not | |
不如 | bù rú | not equal to / not as good as / inferior to / it would be better to | |
未经 | wèi jīng | not having undergone / without (having gone though a certain process) | |
不够 | bù gòu | not enough / insufficient / inadequate | |
不需要 | bù xū yào | unnecessary / not required | |
不在 | bù zài | not to be present / to be out / (euphemism) to pass away / to be deceased | |
不但 | bù dàn | not only (... but also...) | |
不行 | bù xíng | won't do / be out of the question / be no good / not work / not be capable | |
不大 | bù dà | not very / not too / not often | |
不必 | bù bì | need not / does not have to / not necessarily | |
能否 | néng fǒu | whether or not / can it or can't it / is it possible? | |
尚未 | shàng wèi | not yet / still not | |
差不多 | chà bu duō | almost / nearly / more or less / about the same / good enough / not bad | |
毫无 | háo wú | not in the least / to completely lack | |
不然 | bù rán | not so / no / or else / otherwise / if not / How about ...? | |
不可以 | bù kě yǐ | may not | |
不久 | bù jiǔ | not long (after) / before too long / soon / soon after | |
不见 | bù jiàn | not to see / not to meet / to have disappeared / to be missing | |
不懂 | bù dǒng | not to understand / cannot (see, hear, understand, as verb complement) / incomprehension | |
会不会 | huì bù huì | (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot? / is able to or not | |
毫不 | háo bù | hardly / not in the least / not at all | |
没事 | 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) | |
不怕 | bù pà | fearless / not worried (by setbacks or difficulties) / even if / even though | |
不详 | bù xiáng | not in detail / not quite clear | |
不论 | bù lùn | whatever / no matter what (who, how etc) / regardless of / not to discuss | |
绝不 | jué bù | in no way / not in the least / absolutely not | |
不明白 | bù míng bái | does not understand / fails to realize (intuitively) what is going on | |
不下 | bù xià | to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) | |
默默 | mò mò | in silence / not speaking | |
还好 | hái hǎo | not bad / tolerable / fortunately | |
不清楚 | bù qīng chu | unclear / not understood / currently unknown | |
不一定 | bù yī dìng | not necessarily / maybe | |
纪录 | jì lù | variant of 記錄|记录[ji4 lu4] (but in Taiwan, not for the verb sense "to record") | |
民营 | mín yíng | privately run (i.e. by a company, not the state) | |
想不到 | xiǎng bu dào | unexpected / hard to imagine / it had not occurred to me / who could have thought that | |
不算 | bù suàn | to not calculate / to not count / to not be considered (as) / to have no weight | |
以免 | yǐ miǎn | in order to avoid / so as not to | |
不明 | bù míng | not clear / unknown / to fail to understand | |
不准 | bù zhǔn | not to allow / to forbid / to prohibit | |
不宜 | bù yí | not suitable / inadvisable / inappropriate | |
不止 | bù zhǐ | incessantly / without end / more than / not limited to | |
不该 | bù gāi | should not / to owe nothing | |
不易 | bù yì | not easy to do sth / difficult / unchanging | |
并未 | bìng wèi | not at all / by no means | |
来不及 | lái bu jí | there's not enough time (to do sth) / it's too late (to do sth) | |
不解 | bù jiě | to not understand / to be puzzled by / indissoluble | |
不容 | bù róng | must not / cannot / to not allow / cannot tolerate | |
无效 | wú xiào | not valid / ineffective / in vain | |
无所谓 | wú suǒ wèi | to be indifferent / not to matter / cannot be said to be | |
难怪 | nán guài | (it's) no wonder (that...) / (it's) not surprising (that) | |
不及 | bù jí | to fall short of / not as good as / too late | |
招呼 | 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 | |
未必 | wèi bì | not necessarily / maybe not | |
不只 | bù zhǐ | not only / not merely | |
没了 | méi le | to be dead / not to be, or cease to exist | |
不许 | bù xǔ | not to allow / must not / can't | |
过得 | 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 | |
不符合 | bù fú hé | discrepant / falling short (of expectations) / not matching up / not conforming / (figures) disagree / unbecoming | |
有无 | yǒu wú | to have or have not / surplus and shortfall / tangible and intangible / corporeal and incorporeal | |
隐患 | yǐn huàn | a danger concealed within sth / hidden damage / misfortune not visible from the surface | |
不在乎 | bù zài hu | not to care | |
要不是 | yào bu shì | if it were not for / but for | |
无辜 | wú gū | innocent / innocence / not guilty (law) | |
无须 | wú xū | need not / not obliged to / not necessarily | |
不尽 | bù jìn | not completely / endlessly | |
除外 | chú wài | to exclude / not including sth (when counting or listing) / except for | |
不惜 | bù xī | not stint / not spare / not hesitate (to do sth) / not scruple (to do sth) | |
不怎么 | bù zěn me | not very / not particularly | |
不分 | bù fēn | not divided / irrespective / not distinguishing between | |
别说 | bié shuō | to say nothing of / not to mention / let alone | |
不经意 | bù jīng yì | not paying attention / carelessly / by accident | |
不屑 | bù xiè | to disdain to do sth / to think sth not worth doing / to feel it beneath one's dignity | |