不要 Chinese English dictionary 不要 translate 不要 pinyin

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不要

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
不要 bùyào	不要 \| 不要* \| *不要	don't!; must not	HSK 2

Character decomposition:

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
不	不 \| 不* \| *不	4画一 + 3	bù, fǒu, fōu	no, not; un-; negative prefix	bat1	1090.0 MF


要	要 \| 要* \| *要	9画襾西覀 + 3	yào, yāo, yǎo	necessary, essential; necessity	jiu3	1040.4 MWV

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
不要 bùyào	不要 \| 不要* \| *不要	don't!; must not


不 bù	不 \| 不* \| *不	no; not so / (bound form) not; un-


要　yāo	要 \| 要* \| *要	(bound form) to demand; to coerce


要　yào	要 \| 要* \| *要	to want; to need; to ask for / will; shall; about to / need to; should / if (same as 要是) / (bound form) important