不用 búyòng
búyòng
adverb
need not
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
, Concept: Negation 否定
Notes: Same as 不必 or 不需要 (CC-CEDICT '不用'; Guoyu '不用')
Contained in
- 不用谢(不用謝) You're welcome; Don't mention it
- 不用说(不用說) needless to say; it goes without saying
- 备而不用(備而不用) have something ready just in case; keep something for possible future use
- 不用客气(不用客氣) you're welcome; don't mention it; no need to stand on ceremony
- 无所不用其极(無所不用其極) committing all manner of crimes; completely unscrupulous
- 重罚不用(重罰不用) do not punish severely (and do not reward too generously)
- 不用找 keep the change (restaurant expression)
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷九 正諫 Chapter 9: Direct Advice Garden of Stories 說苑 — count: 15
- 卷一百二十九 志第八十二 樂四 Volume 129 Treatises 82: Music 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 13
- 卷六十七 志第四十三 輿服三 Volume 67 Treatises 43: Carriages and Clothing 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 12
- 卷五 Scroll 5 Discourses on Salt and Iron 鹽鐵論 — count: 11
- 《淮陰侯列傳》 Biography of the Marquis of Huaiyin Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 10
- 形勢解第六十四 Chapter 64: Resolving a Situation Guanzi 管子 — count: 8
- 第二回 Chapter 83 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 8
- 卷六十六 志第四十二 輿服二 Volume 66 Treatises 42: Carriages and Clothing 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 8
- 卷二十四 魏三 Chapter 24: Wei III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 8
- 第二回 Chapter 94 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 7