不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
不要
búyào
do not; must not
Characters in this word
要 yào
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 覀 — west, western, westward
- Made of
- 覀 west, western, westward 女 woman, girl
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 不要说话。 Búyào shuōhuà. Do not talk.
- 不要喝太多。 Búyào hē tài duō. Do not drink too much.
- 你不要生气。 Nǐ búyào shēngqì. Do not be angry.