不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
不经意
bùjīngyì
unintentional; inadvertently
Characters in this word
经 jīng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
意 yì
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他不经意的一句话，反而暴露了谈判团队真正的底线。 Tā bù jīngyì de yí jù huà, fǎn'ér bàolù le tánpàn tuánduì zhēnzhèng de dǐxiàn. An unintentional remark from him instead exposed the negotiating team's real bottom line.
- 她不经意地看了一眼窗外，发现下雪了。 Tā bù jīngyì de kàn le yì yǎn chuāngwài, fāxiàn xià xuě le. She happened to glance out of the window and found that it was snowing.
- 我不经意间听到他们在讨论生日聚会。 Wǒ bù jīngyì jiān tīngdào tāmen zài tǎolùn shēngrì jùhuì. I accidentally overheard them discussing the birthday party.