不

bù

adverb HSK 1 #6

Meanings

1 no
2 not

Characters

Examples

我不去。

Wǒ bú qù.

I'm not going.

他不是学生。

Tā bú shì xuéshēng.

He's not a student.

不好意思。

Bù hǎoyìsi.

Excuse me. / Sorry.

Tips

grammar

不 changes to bú (2nd tone) before a 4th-tone syllable: 不是 bú shì, 不去 bú qù, 不对 bú duì.

grammar

不 negates present and future. For past actions, use 没 (méi) instead: 我不去 'I won't go' vs. 我没去 'I didn't go.'

Stroke Order

不 bù