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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *不* | 不* | *不
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
HSK 1
correct / right / not bad / pretty good
HSK 2
don't!; must not
HSK 2
not long (after) / before too long / soon / soon after
HSK 2
whatever / no matter what (who, how etc) / regardless of / not to discuss
HSK 3
you're welcome / don't mention it / impolite / rude / blunt
HSK 1
incorrect / wrong / amiss / abnormal / queer
HSK 1
different / distinct / not the same / not alike
HSK 2
to feel embarrassed / to find it embarrassing / to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)
HSK 2
dissatisfied; discontented; resentful / (before a number) to be less than
HSK 2
not just; not limited to / (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...)
HSK 3
I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon / to let (sb) down; to disappoint
HSK 1
only / merely / no more than / but / however / anyway (to get back to a previous topic) / cannot be more (after adjectival)
HSK 2
not very / not too / not often
HSK 1
unceasing / uninterrupted / continuous / constant
HSK 3
unimportant / not serious / it doesn't matter / never mind / it looks all right, but
HSK 4
won't do / be out of the question / be no good / not work / not be capable
HSK 2
not equal to; not as good as; inferior to / it would be better to
HSK 2
bad / harmful / unhealthy
HSK 5
incessantly / without end / more than / not limited to
HSK 5
amazing / terrific / extraordinary
HSK 4
many / a lot / not few
HSK 2
not to care
HSK 4
misfortune / adversity / unfortunate / sad / unfortunately / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
not to be concerned / regardless of / no matter
HSK 4
cannot help / unable to bear
HSK 5
is or isn't / yes or no / whether or not
HSK 1
have no choice or option but to / cannot but / have to / can't help it / can't avoid
HSK 3
not enough / insufficient / inadequate
HSK 2
not so / no / or else / otherwise / if not / How about ...?
HSK 4
hasn't yet; hasn't ever
HSK 5
no more; no longer
HSK 6
incessant
HSK 5
only; merely; nothing but; no more than / it's just that ...
HSK 5
not at all / simply (can) not
HSK 5
need not
HSK 1
have to / cannot but
HSK 5
desperately serious / disastrous / extremely / exceedingly
HSK 5
not up to much / very indifferent / nothing great about it / nothing good to be said about it
HSK 6
from time to time / now and then / occasionally / frequently
HSK 5
insufficient / lacking / deficiency / not enough / inadequate / not worth / cannot / should not
HSK 5
not only (... but also ...)
HSK 2
unfavorable / disadvantageous / harmful / detrimental
HSK 5
to look down upon / to despise
HSK 4
need not / does not have to / not necessarily
HSK 3
unbearable / unable to endure / can't stand
HSK 4
not need / have no use for
HSK 5
inevitably
HSK 5
impatient / to lose patience
HSK 5
unpeaceful / unstable / uneasy / disturbed / restless / worried
HSK 3
inseparable / inevitably linked to
HSK 4
not easy to do sth / difficult / unchanging
HSK 5
not worth
HSK 6
never
HSK 6
not the only one / not only
HSK 3
won't do / unable to / (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?
HSK 6
there's not enough time (to do sth) / it's too late (to do sth)
HSK 4
(idiom) inconceivable; unimaginable; unfathomable
HSK 7-9
not very / not particularly
HSK 6
lit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise / you flatter me
HSK 5
not to allow / must not / can't
HSK 5
to be obstructed / to be blocked up / to be impassable / to make no sense / to be illogical
HSK 6
(idiom) to stand out from the crowd; distinctive; different from the rest
HSK 7-9
unexpectedly / to one's surprise
HSK 6
not necessarily / maybe
HSK 2
not paying attention; carelessly; by accident
HSK 7-9
needless to say; it goes without saying
HSK 7-9
(idiom) can't help but; involuntarily
HSK 7-9
to not understand / to be puzzled by / indissoluble
HSK 7-9
not to see / not to meet / to have disappeared / to be missing
HSK 6
unreasonable / shocking / outrageous
HSK 7-9
untiring / unremitting / indefatigable
HSK 7-9
no / is not / not
fault; blame
unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as
HSK 6
unexpected / previously unimagined
HSK 6
to disappear without trace / to vanish all of a sudden / to spread fast / to spread like wildfire
HSK 7-9
almost / nearly / more or less / about the same / good enough / not bad
HSK 2
motionless
HSK 7-9
not only; not just
HSK 6
uneven / injustice / unfairness / wrong / grievance / indignant / dissatisfied
HSK 7-9
(idiom) (of two or more people) to take the same action without prior consultation; (usu. used adverbially) all (or both) of them, independently; as if by prior agreement
HSK 7-9
no less than / not inferior to
HSK 7-9
to sit and watch, but remain indifferent (idiom)
unexpectedly; to one's surprise
unexpected / hard to imagine / it had not occurred to me / who could have thought that
HSK 6
unwilling to concede / defiant / indignant / to find it galling
HSK 7-9
not to be present / to be out / (euphemism) to pass away / to be deceased
to not say a word
HSK 7-9
inconvenient / inappropriate / unsuitable / short of cash
HSK 6
can't say for sure / maybe
HSK 4
cannot bear / cannot stand / utterly / extremely
HSK 7-9
slack / in a slump
HSK 7-9
to not calculate / to not count / to not be considered (as) / to have no weight
HSK 7-9
hardly / not in the least / not at all
HSK 7-9
not to accept as correct (idiom); to object / to disapprove / to take exception to
HSK 7-9
inextricably linked (idiom) / inseparable
HSK 7-9
incautious / inattentive
HSK 7-9
impressive / out of the ordinary
why not? / why not do (sth)?

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