also; too; as well; (not ...) either / (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X) / (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊

you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

can / may / possible / able to / not bad / pretty good

correct / right / not bad / pretty good

don't!; must not

not long (after) / before too long / soon / soon after

whatever / no matter what (who, how etc) / regardless of / not to discuss

fish (CL:條｜条,尾) / used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚｜鲍鱼, alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚｜鳄鱼 and octopi 章魚｜章鱼)

the day after tomorrow / life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天) / acquired (not innate or congenital) / a posteriori

different / distinct / not the same / not alike

haven't / hasn't / doesn't exist / to not have / to not be

not just; not limited to / (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...)

(of time) how long? / (not) a long time

again; once more; re- / further; beyond this point of time / (before an adjective) more / then (after sth, and not until then) / no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也 or 都 for emphasis) / (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則｜再则, 再就是 etc) / (literary) to reappear; to reoccur

not very / not too / not often

unimportant / not serious / it doesn't matter / never mind / it looks all right, but

won't do / be out of the question / be no good / not work / not be capable

all; both; entirely / (used for emphasis) even / already / (not) at all

not equal to; not as good as; inferior to / it would be better to

and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast)

incessantly / without end / more than / not limited to

many / a lot / not few

(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then / (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after / (same as 就是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly / only; as little as / as much as; as many as / to approach; to move towards / to undertake; to engage in / (often followed by 著｜着) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to; concerning / (pattern: 就 ... 也 ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不 ... 就 ...) if not ... then must be ...

not to care

quilt / to cover (with) / (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) / used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊｜被旅游 to "go on a trip")

(not only ...) but also / moreover / in addition / furthermore

simple; not complicated

not to be concerned / regardless of / no matter

to leave behind / to stay behind / to remain / to keep / not to let (sb) go

is or isn't / yes or no / whether or not

not enough / insufficient / inadequate

flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless

not so / no / or else / otherwise / if not / How about ...?

to have spare time / free from work / it's not important / it's nothing / never mind

(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not

good person / healthy person / person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle

not at all / simply (can) not

need not

to call out to / to greet / to say hello to / to inform / to take care of / to take care that one does not

usually / in many cases / more often than not

not up to much / very indifferent / nothing great about it / nothing good to be said about it

not necessarily / maybe not

insufficient / lacking / deficiency / not enough / inadequate / not worth / cannot / should not

to not be; not / wrong; incorrect / non-; un-; in-; de- / to reproach; to blame / (coll.) to insist on; simply must

so as not to; so as to avoid

not only (... but also ...)

and / furthermore / also / together with / (not) at all / simultaneously / to combine / to join / to merge

despite / although / even though / in spite of / unhesitatingly / do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc) / (go ahead and do it) without hesitating

need not / does not have to / not necessarily

to be indifferent / not to matter / cannot be said to be

different / wrong; mistaken / to fall short; to lack / not up to standard; inferior / Taiwan pr. [cha1]

not need / have no use for

not easy to do sth / difficult / unchanging

not worth

(not) ever again; (not) any longer

new word (in textbook) / word that is unfamiliar or not yet studied / CL: 組｜组, 個｜个

not the only one / not only

there's not enough time (to do sth) / it's too late (to do sth)

whether or not / can it or can't it / is it possible?

otherwise; if not; or (else)

not very / not particularly

weak; feeble / young / inferior; not as good as / (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than

fundamental / basic / root / simply / absolutely (not) / (not) at all / CL: 個｜个

difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good

lit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise / you flatter me

not to allow / must not / can't

to set about (a task) / to raise a hand to hit sb / to touch; to handle (typically used in cautioning sb *not* to touch sth)

not necessarily / maybe

(coll.) can't do anything about it / (coll.) there's no way that ...; it's simply not credible that ... / (coll.) couldn't be (better) (i.e. simply wonderful)

not paying attention; carelessly; by accident

in silence; not speaking

the not-very-distant past / modern times, excluding recent decades / (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919) / capitalist times (pre-1949)

to not understand / to be puzzled by / indissoluble

preferably / one would prefer to...(or not to...) / would rather / (would) be better to / (to pick) the lesser of two evils

not to see / not to meet / to have disappeared / to be missing

not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep / ancient Chinese compass point: 210°

no / is not / not

unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as

solely engrossed in one thing / just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest) / simply / by all means / please feel free / do not hesitate (to ask for sth)

whether (or not) / if / is or isn't

almost / nearly / more or less / about the same / good enough / not bad

not only; not just

to finish / (used with 得 or 不 after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 "cannot forget") / (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無｜无 or 不) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least / to understand clearly (variant of 瞭｜了)

no less than / not inferior to

a bit; a little bit / (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit / (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er / a point (in a discussion etc) / (calligraphy) dot stroke (、) / one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾｜一点钟)

unexpected / hard to imagine / it had not occurred to me / who could have thought that

not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less

cold water / unboiled water / fig. not yet ready (of plans)

leisure / relaxation / not working / idle / to enjoy leisure / to lie fallow

not to be present / to be out / (euphemism) to pass away / to be deceased

failed; busted; to have not succeeded / to have died / to have parted company; to have chilled (of a relationship)

to not say a word

not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking / without two sticks to rub together

still / calm / quiet / not moving

to not calculate / to not count / to not be considered (as) / to have no weight

hardly / not in the least / not at all

not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom) / aptly named / worthy of the name

not to accept as correct (idiom); to object / to disapprove / to take exception to

why not? / why not do (sth)?