不同
bù tóng 4–2
different; distinct; not the same; not alike
- Characters
- 2
- 不 · 同
- Syllables
- 2
- bù tóng
- Frequency
- Very common
- corpus count 458
Part of speech: a,an
Character by character
- 不bù4 strokesHSK 1no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 同tóng6 strokesHSK 1 traditional 衕same, similar; together with
Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.
Example sentences
我不同意。
Wǒ bù tóng yì
I don't think I agree.
Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.
Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 不同. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.
- 不bùHSK 1
no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 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
- 同tóngHSK 6
like; same; similar; together; alike; with
- 同时tóng shíHSK 2
at the same time; simultaneously
- 不管bù guǎnHSK 4
not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter
- 不再bù zàiHSK 6
no more; no longer
- 同样tóng yàngHSK 2
same; equal; equivalent
- 同意tóng yìHSK 3
to agree; to consent; to approve
- 不用bù yòngHSK 1
need not
- 不少bù shǎoHSK 2
many; a lot; not few
- 同志tóng zhìHSK 7
comrade; (slang) homosexual
- 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)
- 对不起duì bu qǐHSK 1
I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
- 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
- 共同gòng tóngHSK 3
common; joint; jointly; together; collaborative
- 合同hé tongHSK 4
(business) contract
- 同学tóng xuéHSK 1
to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate
- 差不多chà bu duōHSK 2
almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad