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

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.)

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

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

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

(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not

(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 ...

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

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

need not

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

not very / not too / not often

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

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

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

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

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

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

not enough / insufficient / inadequate

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

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

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

don't!; must not

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

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

different / distinct / not the same / not alike

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

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

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

many / a lot / not few

not necessarily / maybe

correct / right / not bad / pretty good

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")

still / calm / quiet / not moving

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

local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL: 個｜个

usually / in many cases / more often than not

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

simple; not complicated

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

variant of 記錄｜记录 (but in Taiwan, not for the verb sense "to record")

not the only one / not only

need not / does not have to / not necessarily

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

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

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

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

otherwise; if not; or (else)

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

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

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

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

in silence; not speaking

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

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)

not necessarily / maybe not

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

not to care

not to be concerned / regardless of / no matter

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

(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)

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

to slip; to slide / slippery; smooth / sly; slippery; not to be trusted

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

not at all / simply (can) not

not need / have no use for

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

incessantly / without end / more than / not limited to

not easy to do sth / difficult / unchanging

not to allow / must not / can't

(not) any more

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

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

to get rid of / to remove / to exclude / to eliminate / to wipe out / to divide / except / not including

dew / syrup / nectar / outdoors (not under cover) / to show / to reveal / to betray / to expose

flower vase / (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent)

so as not to; so as to avoid

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

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)

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

not only; not just

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

not worth

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

not valid / ineffective / in vain

without boundary / not bordered

not very / not particularly

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

height; level; (music) pitch / relative superiority / propriety; discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低) / no matter what; just; simply (will not ..., must ... etc) / at long last

brick / tile (floor or wall, not roof) / CL: 塊｜块

a danger concealed within sth / hidden damage / misfortune not visible from the surface

to fear / afraid / extremely nervous / for fear that / to avoid / so as not to

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°

slow / unhurried / sluggish / gradual / not tense / relaxed / to postpone / to defer / to stall / to stave off / to revive / to recuperate

not yet; still not

not in the least / to completely lack

whether or not (at the end of a phrase)

plain and simple / unadorned / simple living / not frivolous

in order to avoid / so as not to

hardly / not in the least / not at all