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"no" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
不然 bù rán not so / no / or else / otherwise / if not / How about ...? syn
不 bù no / not so / (bound form) not / un- / variant of 不 / (negative prefix) / not / no syn
无 無 wú not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less syn
不是 bù shì no / is not / not syn
无影脚 無影腳 wú yǐng jiǎo no
毋 wú (literary) no / don't / to not have / nobody syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
不过 不過 bù guò only / merely / no more than / but / however / anyway (to get back to a previous topic) / cannot be more (after adjectival) syn
只有 zhǐ yǒu only have ... / there is only ... / (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy") / it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in") syn
只能 zhǐ néng can only / obliged to do sth / to have no other choice syn
是不是 shì bù shì is or isn't / yes or no / whether or not syn
不再 bù zài no more / no longer syn
不好 bù hǎo no good syn
无论 無論 wú lùn no matter what or how / regardless of whether... syn
并不 並不 bìng bù not at all / by no means
不管 bù guǎn not to be concerned / regardless of / no matter syn
只好 zhǐ hǎo to have no other option but to ... / to have to / to be forced to syn
无奈 無奈 wú nài to have no alternative / frustrated / exasperated / helpless / (conjunction) but unfortunately syn
不行 bù xíng won't do / be out of the question / be no good / not work / not be capable syn
不得不 bù dé bù have no choice or option but to / cannot but / have to / can't help it / can't avoid syn
只不过 只不過 zhǐ bu guò only / merely / nothing but / no more than / it's just that ... syn
不论 不論 bù lùn whatever / no matter what (who, how etc) / regardless of / not to discuss syn
绝不 絕不 jué bù in no way / not in the least / absolutely not syn
完了 wán le to be finished / to be done for / ruined / gone to the dogs / oh no syn
悄悄 qiāo qiāo quiet / making little or no noise / surreptitious / stealthy / anxious / worried / Taiwan pr. [qiao3qiao3] syn
不算 bù suàn to not calculate / to not count / to not be considered (as) / to have no weight syn
不妨 bù fáng there is no harm in / might as well syn
何必 hé bì there is no need / why should syn
难怪 難怪 nán guài (it's) no wonder (that...) / (it's) not surprising (that) syn
哪怕 nǎ pà even / even if / even though / no matter how syn
只得 zhǐ dé to have no alternative but to / to be obliged to syn
尽力 盡力 jìn lì to strive one's hardest / to spare no effort syn
没法 沒法 méi fǎ at a loss / unable to do anything about it / to have no choice syn
深受 shēn shòu to receive in no small measure syn
无意 無意 wú yì inadvertent / accidental / to have no intention of (doing sth) syn
无论如何 無論如何 wú lùn rú hé whatever the case / in any event / no matter what / by all possible means syn
不理 bù lǐ to refuse to acknowledge / to pay no attention to / to take no notice of / to ignore
抓紧 抓緊 zhuā jǐn to keep a firm grip on / to pay close attention to / to lose no time in (doing sth) syn
废话 廢話 fèi huà nonsense / rubbish / superfluous words / You don't say! / No kidding! (gently sarcastic) syn
高低 gāo dī height / level / (music) pitch / relative superiority / propriety / discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低[bu4zhi1 gao1di1]) / no matter what / just / simply (will not ..., must ... etc) / at long last syn
不分 bù fēn not to distinguish / to make no distinction / (LGBT slang) versatile (open to either penetrative or receptive role)
白白 bái bái in vain / to no purpose / for nothing / white syn
当真 當真 dāng zhēn to take seriously / serious / No joking, really! syn
当真 當真 dàng zhēn to take seriously / serious / No joking, really! syn
无助 無助 wú zhù helpless / helplessness / feeling useless / no help syn
有的是 yǒu de shì have plenty of / there's no lack of syn
无缘 無緣 wú yuán to have no opportunity / no way (of doing sth) / no chance / no connection / not placed (in a competition) / (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc
无从 無從 wú cóng not to have access / beyond one's authority or capability / sth one has no way of doing syn
可知 kě zhī evidently / clearly / no wonder / knowable syn
无可奈何 無可奈何 wú kě nài hé have no way out / have no alternative / abbr. to 無奈|无奈[wu2 nai4] syn
不通 bù tōng to be obstructed / to be blocked up / to be impassable / to make no sense / to be illogical syn
多达 多達 duō dá up to / no less than / as much as
一点也不 一點也不 yī diǎn yě bù not in the least / no way
怪不得 guài bu de no wonder! / so that's why! syn
用不着 用不著 yòng bu zháo not need / have no use for syn
奋力 奮力 fèn lì to do everything one can / to spare no effort / to strive syn
不乏 bù fá there is no lack of syn
绝缘 絕緣 jué yuán to have no contact with / to be cut off from / (electricity) to insulate
归属 歸屬 guī shǔ to belong to / to be affiliated to / to fall under the jurisdiction of / a place where one feels that one belongs / one's final destination (where one need look no further) syn
不问 不問 bù wèn to pay no attention to / to disregard / to ignore / to let go unpunished / to let off
足足 zú zú fully / no less than / as much as / extremely syn
无暇 無暇 wú xiá too busy / to have no time for / fully occupied syn
奈何 nài hé to do something to sb / to deal with / to cope / how? / to no avail syn
不在意 bù zài yì to pay no attention to / not to mind syn
不敌 不敵 bù dí no match for / cannot beat
不得已 bù dé yǐ to act against one's will / to have no alternative but to / to have to / to have no choice / must syn
不复 不復 bù fù no longer / not again syn
无偿 無償 wú cháng free / no charge / at no cost syn
不计 不計 bù jì to disregard / to take no account of
任凭 任憑 rèn píng no matter what / despite / to allow (sb to act arbitrarily) syn
无权 無權 wú quán to have no right / to have no authority
别无 別無 bié wú to have no other... (used in fixed expressions)
只管 zhǐ guǎn 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) syn
轻而易举 輕而易舉 qīng ér yì jǔ easy / with no difficulty syn
没意思 沒意思 méi yì si boring / of no interest syn
无损 無損 wú sǔn to do no harm (to sth) / intact / (computing) lossless syn
死活 sǐ huó life or death / fate / no matter what / anyway / for the life of me syn
切勿 qiè wù by no means
放不下 fàng bu xià to have no room to put sth / to be unable to let go
好意思 hǎo yì si to have the nerve / what a cheek! / to feel no shame / to overcome the shame / (is it) proper? (rhetorical question) syn
没有理由 沒有理由 méi yǒu lǐ yóu without any reason / for no reason
无端 無端 wú duān for no reason at all syn
晕死 暈死 yūn sǐ Geez! / Shoot! / No way!
不忙 bù máng there's no hurry / take one's time
不要脸 不要臉 bù yào liǎn to have no sense of shame / shameless syn
闲人 閒人 xián rén idle person / idler / person who has no legitimate reason to be in a certain place syn
措手不及 cuò shǒu bù jí no time to deal with it (idiom) / caught unprepared syn
无妨 無妨 wú fáng no harm (in doing it) / One might as well. / It won't hurt. / no matter / it's no bother syn
无异 無異 wú yì nothing other than / to differ in no way from / the same as / to amount to syn
杂物 雜物 zá wù junk / items of no value / various bits and bobs syn
不管怎样 不管怎樣 bù guǎn zěn yàng in any case / no matter what syn
不亚于 不亞於 bù yà yú no less than / not inferior to
抓紧时间 抓緊時間 zhuā jǐn shí jiān to waste no time in (doing sth) / to hurry up
无间 無間 wú jiàn very close / no gap between them / continuously / unbroken / hard to separate / indistinguishable syn
轻描淡写 輕描淡寫 qīng miáo dàn xiě (idiom) to treat sth as no big deal / to downplay / to understate syn
死心 sǐ xīn to give up / to admit failure / to drop the matter / to reconcile oneself to loss / to have no more illusions about
此起彼伏 cǐ qǐ bǐ fú up here, down there (idiom) / to rise and fall in succession / no sooner one subsides, the next arises / repeating continuously / occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc) syn
止步 zhǐ bù to halt / to stop / to go no farther syn
不育 bù yù to be infertile / to have no offspring
无缘无故 無緣無故 wú yuán wú gù no cause, no reason (idiom) / completely uncalled for syn
糟了 zāo le gosh! / oh no! / darn!
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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