HSK 7–9 vocabulary
The advanced band for academic, professional, and sophisticated real-world Mandarin.
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不定 | bùdìng | not fixed or certain; it can still change |
| 不见得 | bùjiàndé | not necessarily; not always true |
| 不利于 | bùlì yú | to be bad for; to harm |
| 不慎 | bùshèn | not careful; doing something too fast or without thinking |
| 不适 | bùshì | feeling slightly sick; your body feels a little bad |
| 不算 | bù suàn | to not count as; to not really be something |
| 不像话 | bùxiànghuà | so bad or rude that people cannot accept it |
| 不屑 | bùxiè | to think something is not important enough to do or accept |
| 不懈 | bùxiè | working hard for a long time and never giving up |
| 不亚于 | bùyàyú | as good as something else; not worse |
| 不亦乐乎 | bùyìlèhū | isn't it a joy? — a warm old way to say you are very happy |
| 不翼而飞 | bùyì'érfēi | to disappear suddenly, so nobody can find it |
| 不用说 | bùyòngshuō | needless to say; it is already very clear |
| 不正之风 | bùzhèngzhīfēng | bad ways of doing things that are not honest or fair |
| 补给 | bǔjǐ | supplies such as food and water, sent to people or a place |
| 补救 | bǔjiù | to fix a mistake; to make a bad situation better |
| 捕捉 | bǔzhuō | to catch something that moves, like an animal or insect |
| 哺育 | bǔyù | to feed and raise a baby or young animal |
| 不耻下问 | bùchǐ-xiàwèn | to ask questions of people who know less than you, without feeling bad |
| 不辞而别 | bùcí'érbié | to leave without saying goodbye |
| 不得而知 | bùdé'érzhī | you cannot know something because there is no way to find out |
| 不得已 | bùdéyǐ | to have no choice but to do something |
| 不妨 | bùfáng | might as well; it is a good idea to do something |
| 不服 | bùfú | to not accept a result or what someone says |
| 不服气 | bù fúqì | not willing to accept that someone is better or that you lost |
| 不假思索 | bùjiǎ-sīsuǒ | to answer or act immediately, without thinking first |
| 不解 | bùjiě | not understanding something; confused or puzzled about it |
| 不经意 | bùjīngyì | not paying attention; not thinking about it |
| 不景气 | bùjǐngqì | not doing well; business is slow and people buy less |
| 不堪 | bùkān | cannot bear something because it is too much, too hard, or too bad |
| 不可避免 | bùkě-bìmiǎn | sure to happen; you cannot stop or avoid it |
| 不可思议 | bùkě-sīyì | very surprising; hard to believe |
| 不肯 | bù kěn | to refuse to; to be unwilling to do something |
| 不理 | bù lǐ | to ignore someone or something; to pay no attention |
| 不了了之 | bùliǎo-liǎozhī | to end with no answer and no result |
| 不难 | bù nán | not difficult, easy |
| 不平 | bùpíng | not fair; feeling angry because something is not fair |
| 不起眼 | bùqǐyǎn | small or plain, so people do not easily notice it |
| 不容 | bùróng | to not allow something; to give no chance for it to happen |
| 不如说 | bùrú shuō | or rather; it would be better to say |
| 不同寻常 | bùtóng-xúncháng | not normal; different from everyday things |
| 不为人知 | bùwéirénzhī | not known by anyone |
| 不惜 | bùxī | to be ready to do something, even when it costs a lot |
| 不相上下 | bùxiāng-shàngxià | about the same; neither one is better or worse |
| 不宜 | bùyí | not good to do; you should not do it |
| 不已 | bùyǐ | nonstop; without stopping (as in 咳嗽不已, 'to cough nonstop') |
| 不以为然 | bùyǐwéirán | to not agree; to think an idea is not right |
| 不由得 | bùyóude | cannot stop yourself from doing something |
| 不由自主 | bùyóuzìzhǔ | to do something without wanting to, because you cannot stop yourself |
| 不予 | bù yǔ | does not give something, or refuses to do something (a firm, official 'no') |