same as否 (dated used in old text only), not / no / negative prefix / a final particle
不 [－]
Jyutping
bat1
Pinyin
bù
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
no; not so
(bound form) not; un-
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
(negative prefix)/not/no
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
語素
否定詞，較多用係書面語，慣用語或詞組裏面 negator;not; no (usually written, more commonly spoken in idioms or as part of words)
Definitions (Wiktionary)
character, colloquial
Intensifying particle often used with 好 (hǎo).
character
no (answer to a yes-no question) (syn.) 這個問題不是不值一提。 [MSC, trad.]这个问题不是不值一提。 [MSC, simp.]Zhè ge wèntí bùshì bùzhí yī tí. [Pinyin]This problem is not unworth mentioning., 你認識他嗎？不。, 你認識他嗎？(我)不認識。 [MSC, trad.]你认识他吗？(我)不认识。 [MSC, simp.]Nǐ rènshí tā ma? bù rènshí. [Pinyin]Do you know him? No., 你认识他吗？不。 ― Nǐ rènshí tā ma? Bù. ― Do you know him? No., 我沒有手機。, 我没有手机。 ― Wǒ méiyǒu shǒujī. ― I do not have a mobile phone.
你是日本人嗎？不，我不是。
你是日本人吗？不，我不是。
nǐ shì rì běn rén ma ？ bù ， wǒ bú shì ． Are you Japanese? No, I'm not.
character
can not
我看不見你。
我看不见你。
wǒ kàn bú jiàn nǐ ． I can't see you.
character
Used with 就 (jiù) to indicate the first of two alternatives.
他每天不是上班，就是去做義工，一點兒休息的時間都沒有。
他每天不是上班，就是去做义工，一点儿休息的时间都没有。
tā měi tiān bú shì shàng bān ， jiù shì qù zuò yì gōng ， yī diǎn r5 xiū xī de shí jiān dōu méi yǒu ． Every day, he either goes to work or volunteers, not leaving any time for rest.
character, colloquial
Question particle placed at the end of the sentence. (syn.) 我動不了。, 我动不了。 ― Wǒ dòng bù liǎo. ― I can not move.
character, preceding verbs and adjectives
not (syn.) 我不當兵。, 我不当兵。 ― Wǒ bù dāngbīng. ― I am not becoming a soldier., 我没当兵。 ― Wǒ méi dāngbīng. ― I did not become a soldier., 我未当兵。 ― Wǒ wèi dāngbīng. ― I have not yet become a soldier., 我未當兵。, 我沒當兵。, An equivalent construction is not valid in Cantonese
這個不好。
这个不好。
zhè ge bù hǎo ． This is not good.
他不愛你。
他不爱你。
tā bú ài nǐ ． He does not love you.
character, obsolete
^† Meaningless particle used in poems and other texts. (syn.) *這個問題不不值一提。, *我不有手機。
The tropical rainforests, located in a narrow region near the equator, are disappearing so fast that by the year 2000 eighty percent of them may be gone.