Chinese edit

not; no
 
important; vital; to want
important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce
trad. (不要)
simp. #(不要)
anagram 要不

Pronunciation edit


Verb edit

不要

  1. to not want
    不要主兒 [MSC, trad.]
    不要主儿 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā shì ge bùyào mìng de zhǔr. [Pinyin]
    He's the kind of person who doesn't want to live.
    我們大家不要自顧自互相幫助 [MSC, trad.]
    我们大家不要自顾自互相帮助 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒmen dàjiā bùyào zìgùzì, yào hùxiàng bāngzhù. [Pinyin]
    We shouldn't just care about our own business. We should help each other.
  2. not going to; will not
  3. do not; don't (as an interjection or imperative)
    那麼能幹不要小事牽累 [MSC, trad.]
    那么能干不要小事牵累 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ nàme nénggàn, jué bùyào bèi xiǎoshì qiānlěi. [Pinyin]
    You're so competent; don't ever let something trivial tie you down.
    公共場所不要吸煙 [MSC, trad.]
    公共场所不要吸烟 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè shì gōnggòng chǎngsuǒ, qǐng nín bùyào xīyān. [Pinyin]
    This is a public place — please do not smoke.
    不要這麼匆忙答覆好好 [MSC, trad.]
    不要这么匆忙答覆好好 [MSC, simp.]
    bùyào zhème cōngmáng de jiù dáfù wǒ, nǐ yào hǎohǎo xiǎng yī xiǎng. [Pinyin]
    Don't be in such a hurry to respond to me — you have to think about it.

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
よう
Grade: 4
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
不用

Adjective edit

()(よう) (fuyōふえう (fueu)?-na (adnominal ()(よう) (fuyō na), adverbial ()(よう) (fuyō ni))

  1. unnecessary
  2. useless
  3. unused

Inflection edit

Noun edit

()(よう) (fuyōふえう (fueu)?

  1. being unnecessary
  2. uselessness
  3. being unused

Antonyms edit

References edit

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.