互不

hùbù

adverb #15,114

Meanings

1 mutually not
2 neither... the other

Characters

mutual; each other

Examples

HSK 2

他们互不相让。

Tāmen hùbù xiāng ràng.

Neither of them would give way to the other.

HSK 7-9

两国签署了互不侵犯条约。

Liǎng guó qiānshǔ le hùbù qīnfàn tiáoyuē.

The two countries signed a non-aggression treaty.

Tips

grammar

互不 is a prefix meaning 'mutually not.' It always precedes a verb: 互不干涉 (non-interference), 互不侵犯 (non-aggression), 互不相让 (neither yielding to the other).

Stroke Order

互 hù

不 bù