不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
不要紧
búyàojǐn
it does not matter
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
紧 jǐn
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 糸 — silk
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 迟到不要紧。 Chídào búyàojǐn. It is okay to be late.
- 错了不要紧。 Cuò le búyàojǐn. It is okay to make a mistake.
- 小事不要紧。 Xiǎoshì búyàojǐn. A small thing does not matter.