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Simplified
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Traditional
HSK
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *不* | 不* | *不
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
HSK 1

Other entries referring to this entry:

Simplified
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Traditional
HSK
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *了* | 了* | *了
to finish / (used with or 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 ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least / to understand clearly (variant of 瞭|了)
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *价* | 价* | *价
particle used between an adverb and a verb or adjective / (dialect) particle used after a negative adverb such as or 別|别 without any other following element
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *来* | 来* | *来
to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来, or after to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来)
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *就* | 就* | *就
(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: ... ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: ... ...) if not ... then must be ...
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *加* | 加* | *加
to add / (math.) plus / to increase; to augment / (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like , , etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良 "make some minor improvements to (it)")
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *消* | 消* | *消
to diminish; to subside / to consume; to reduce / to idle away (the time) / (after or or etc) to need; to require; to take
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *孬* | 孬* | *孬
(dialect) no good (contraction of + )
(idiom) (when followed by ) at no time; never (Note: 無時無刻不|无时无刻不 therefore means "at no time not ...", i.e. "at all times".) / (when not followed by ) at all times; always

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