并不

並不

bìngbù

adverb #11,639

Meanings

1 not at all
2 by no means

Characters

actually; truly (emphatic)

Examples

事情并不像你想的那么简单。

Shìqíng bìngbù xiàng nǐ xiǎng de nàme jiǎndān.

Things are not at all as simple as you think.

他并不生气。

Tā bìngbù shēngqì.

He's not angry at all.

Tips

grammar

并不 is an emphatic negation, stronger than plain 不. It often corrects a wrong assumption: 'contrary to what you might think, it is NOT...'. Use 并没 (bìngméi) for past actions.

Stroke Order

并 bìng

不 bù