Chinese words starting with “bu”
111 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable bu. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 34 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial b · final u · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 3rd tone 13
- 4th tone 98
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 不过bù guòHSK 2
only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- 不要bù yàoHSK 2
don't!; must not
- 不错bù cuòHSK 2
correct; right; not bad; pretty good
- 不同bù tóngHSK 2
different; distinct; not the same; not alike
- 部分bù fenHSK 2
part; share; section; piece
- 不管bù guǎnHSK 4
not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter
- 不再bù zàiHSK 6
no more; no longer
- 部门bù ménHSK 3
department; branch; section; division
- 不用bù yòngHSK 1
need not
- 不少bù shǎoHSK 2
many; a lot; not few
- 不断bù duànHSK 3
unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant
- 不够bù gòuHSK 2
not enough; insufficient; inadequate
- 不行bù xíngHSK 2
won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable
- 不仅bù jǐnHSK 3
not just; not limited to; (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...)
- 不知bù zhīHSK 7
not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
- 不得不bù dé bùHSK 3
have no choice or option but to; cannot but; have to; can't help it; can't avoid
- 部队bù duìHSK 6
army; armed forces; troops; force; unit
- 不必bù bìHSK 3
need not; does not have to; not necessarily
- 不对bù duìHSK 1
incorrect; wrong; amiss; abnormal; queer
- 不如bù rúHSK 2
not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to
- 不久bù jiǔHSK 2
not long (after); before too long; soon; soon after
- 不好意思bù hǎo yì siHSK 2
to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)
- 不论bù lùnHSK 3
whatever; no matter what (who, how etc); regardless of; not to discuss
- 部长bù zhǎngHSK 3
head of a (government etc) department; section chief; section head; secretary; minister
All 111 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 不 | bù | d | no; not so; (bound form) not; un- | |
| 2 | 部 | bù | q,n | ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc | |
| 3 | 步 | bù | qv,n,v | a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation | |
| 4 | 布 | bù | n,g,b,nr | cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known | |
| 5 | 不然 | bù rán | c,v,a | not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? | |
| 6 | 不见 | bù jiàn | v | not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing | |
| 7 | 不幸 | bù xìng | a,n,ad | misfortune; adversity; unfortunate; sad; unfortunately | |
| 8 | 补 | bǔ | v | to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement | |
| 9 | 不足 | bù zú | v,an,a | insufficient; lacking; deficiency; not enough; inadequate; not worth; cannot; should not | |
| 10 | 补偿 | bǔ cháng | vn,v | to compensate; to make up | |
| 11 | 不许 | bù xǔ | d | not to allow; must not; can't | |
| 12 | 不止 | bù zhǐ | v | incessantly; without end; more than; not limited to | |
| 13 | 不准 | bù zhǔn | v | not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit | |
| 14 | 不在乎 | bù zài hu | v | not to care | |
| 15 | 不利 | bù lì | a | unfavorable; disadvantageous; harmful; detrimental | |
| 16 | 不良 | bù liáng | a | bad; harmful; unhealthy | |
| 17 | 不可思议 | bù kě sī yì | l | inconceivable (idiom); unimaginable; unfathomable | |
| 18 | 布置 | bù zhì | v,vn | to put in order; to arrange; to decorate; to fix up; to deploy | |
| 19 | 部位 | bù wèi | n | part (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable (e.g. the root), or a garment (e.g. the sleeve) etc) | |
| 20 | 部署 | bù shǔ | v,vn | to dispose; to deploy; deployment | |
| 21 | 不惜 | bù xī | v | not stint; not spare; not hesitate (to do sth); not scruple (to do sth) | |
| 22 | 不仅仅 | bù jǐn jǐn | d | not only; not just | |
| 23 | 不已 | bù yǐ | v | endlessly; incessantly | |
| 24 | 步伐 | bù fá | n | pace; (measured) step; march | |
| 25 | 不顾 | bù gù | v | in spite of; regardless of | |
| 26 | 不停 | bù tíng | v,d | incessant | |
| 27 | 不妨 | bù fáng | d,v | there is no harm in; might as well | |
| 28 | 不通 | bù tōng | a | to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable; to make no sense; to be illogical | |
| 29 | 步骤 | bù zhòu | n | procedure; step | |
| 30 | 步行 | bù xíng | v,vn | to go on foot; to walk | |
| 31 | 不至于 | bù zhì yú | d | unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as | |
| 32 | 不便 | bù biàn | an,a,ad,v | inconvenient; inappropriate; unsuitable; short of cash | |
| 33 | 不禁 | bù jīn | d | can't help (doing sth); can't refrain from | |
| 34 | 不曾 | bù céng | d | hasn't yet; hasn't ever | |
| 35 | 捕 | bǔ | v | to catch; to seize; to capture | |
| 36 | 不时 | bù shí | d | from time to time; now and then; occasionally; frequently | |
| 37 | 不得了 | bù dé liǎo | l | desperately serious; disastrous; extremely; exceedingly | |
| 38 | 步入 | bù rù | v | to step into; to enter | |
| 39 | 不可避免 | bù kě bì miǎn | v | unavoidably | |
| 40 | 不怎么 | bù zěn me | v | not very; not particularly | |
| 41 | 不适 | bù shì | a | unwell; indisposed; out of sorts | |
| 42 | 补贴 | bǔ tiē | n,vn,v | to subsidize; subsidy; allowance; to supplement (one's salary etc); benefit | |
| 43 | 不堪 | bù kān | v | cannot bear; cannot stand; utterly; extremely | |
| 44 | 不容 | bù róng | v | must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate | |
| 45 | 捕捉 | bǔ zhuō | v | to catch; to seize; to capture | |
| 46 | 不成 | bù chéng | v,y | won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | |
| 47 | 部件 | bù jiàn | n | part; component | |
| 48 | 不要紧 | bù yào jǐn | v | unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind; it looks all right, but | |
| 49 | 不能不 | bù néng bù | d | have to; cannot but | |
| 50 | 不用说 | bù yòng shuō | v | needless to say; it goes without saying |
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