Word: 不 (bù)

你为什么不回家呢？

Nǐ wèishénme bù huíjiā ne?

Why don't you go home?

你为什么不回答？

Nǐ wèishénme bù huídá?

Why do you not answer?

你为什么不在里面？

Nǐ wèishénme bú zài lǐmiàn?

Why aren't you in there?

你为什么不留下来一会儿？

Nǐ wèishénme bù liúxià lái yíhuìr?

Why don't you stay a little while?

你为什么不留在这里？

Nǐ wèishénme bù liú zài zhèlǐ?

Why don't you stay here?

你为什么不直接炒了他？

Nǐ wèishénme bù zhíjiē chǎole tā?

Why don't you just fire him?

你为什么不请一天假？

Nǐ wèishénme bù qǐng yì tiān jiǎ?

Why don't you take the day off?

你为什么不读这杂志呢？

Nǐ wèishénme bù dú zhè zázhì ne?

Why didn't you read the magazine?

你为什么长不大呢？

Nǐ wèishénme zhǎng bú dà ne?

Why don't you grow up?

你为甚么不亲我了呢？

Nǐ wèi shénme bù qīn wǒ le ne?

Why don't you kiss me anymore?

你为甚么不听？

Nǐ wèi shénme bù tīng?

Why aren't you listening?

你为甚么不抱我？

Nǐ wèi shénme bú bào wǒ?

Why don't you hug me?

你为甚么不跟他讲？

Nǐ wèi shénme bù gēn tā jiǎng?

Why don't you talk to him?

你为甚么还不结婚？

Nǐ wèi shénme hái bù jiéhūn?

Why are you still unmarried?

你什么也做不了。

Nǐ shénme yě zuò bù liǎo.

You can't do anything about that.

你们不累吗？

Nǐmen bú lèi ma?

Are you not tired?

你们不认识他们。

Nǐmen bú rènshi tāmen.

You don't know them.

你去还是不去？

Nǐ qù háishi bú qù?

Are you going or not?

你可能不记得我了，但我记得你。

Nǐ kěnéng bú jìde wǒ le, dàn wǒ jìde nǐ.

You may not remember me, but I remember you.

你可能跟我不同意。

Nǐ kěnéng gēn wǒ bù tóngyì.

You may disagree with me.

你可跑不掉。

Nǐ kě pǎo bú diào.

You can't escape.

你喜欢不喜欢也得做。

Nǐ xǐhuan bù xǐhuan yě de zuò.

Whether you like it or not, you'll have to do it.

你在不在市区？

Nǐ zài bú zài shìqū?

Are you in the city or not?

你在家里不说英语。

Nǐ zài jiālǐ bù shuō Yīngyǔ.

You don't speak English in your home.

你声音大一点，我听不出来！

Nǐ shēngyīn dà yìdiǎn, wǒ tīng bù chūlái!

Louder. I can't hear you.

你对它一点也不懂。

Nǐ duì tā yìdiǎn yě bù dǒng.

You don't understand anything about it.

你对我做的任何事都不满意。

Nǐ duì wǒ zuò de rènhé shì dōu bù mǎnyì.

You're never satisfied with anything I do.

你对此不高兴吗？

Nǐ duì cǐ bù gāoxìng ma?

Aren't you happy about this?

你并不满意，对吧？

Nǐ bìng bù mǎnyì, duì ba?

You're not satisfied, are you?

你应该知道这是不可能的。

Nǐ yīnggāi zhīdào zhè shì bù kěnéng de.

You should know that's impossible.

你应该知道那是不可能的吧。

Nǐ yīnggāi zhīdào nà shì bù kěnéng de ba.

You know that isn't possible, don't you?

你应该觉得不难。

Nǐ yīnggāi juéde bù nán.

That shouldn't be hard for you.

你怎么不去睡一会儿觉呢？

Nǐ zěnme bú qù shuì yíhuìr jué ne?

Why don't you try and get some sleep?

你怎么会不知道？

Nǐ zěnme huì bù zhīdào?

How come you don't know this?

你怎么认为我做不了？

Nǐ zěnme rènwéi wǒ zuò bù liǎo?

What makes you think I won't be able to do it?

你救不了我。

Nǐ jiù bù liǎo wǒ.

You can't save me.

你无法说“不”。

Nǐ wúfǎ shuō“bù”.

You can't say no.

你最不喜欢的颜色是？

Nǐ zuì bù xǐhuan de yánsè shì?

What's your least favorite color?

你有可能不知道这事。

Nǐ yǒu kěnéng bù zhīdào zhè shì.

It's possible that you don't know this.

你根本不需要买那书。

Nǐ gēnběn bù xūyào mǎi nà shū.

You needn't have bought that book.

你永远不知道会发生什么。

Nǐ yǒngyuǎn bù zhīdào huì fāshēng shénme.

You can never know what will happen.

你现在不应该在这里。

Nǐ xiànzài bù yīnggāi zài zhèlǐ.

You're not supposed to be here now.

你的方法和我的不一样。

Nǐ de fāngfǎ hé wǒ de bù yíyàng.

Your method is different from mine.

你的船不大。

Nǐ de chuán bú dà.

Your boat is not big.

你看来不大高兴。

Nǐ kànlai bú dà gāoxìng.

You don't look so happy.

你真的不来吗？

Nǐ zhēnde bù lái ma?

Are you really not coming?

你知不知道那是什么？

Nǐ zhī bù zhīdào nà shì shénme?

Do you even know what that is?

你确定你不喜欢别的东西了？

Nǐ quèdìng nǐ bù xǐhuan biéde dōngxi le?

Are you sure you wouldn't like anything else?

你能不说了吗？

Nǐ néng bù shuōle ma?

Could you stop saying that?

你要是不帮他，他做不到的。

Nǐ yàoshi bù bāng tā, tā zuò búdào de.

If you don't help him, he won't make it.

你要是不忙的话可以帮我吗？

Nǐ yàoshi bù máng dehuà kěyǐ bāng wǒ ma?

If you're not busy, could you please help me?

你让我做不可能做到的事情。

Nǐ ràng wǒ zuò bù kěnéng zuòdào de shìqing.

You ask me to do the impossible.

你记事情的能力并不比我好多少。

Nǐ jì shìqing de nénglì bìng bù bǐ wǒ hǎo duōshǎo.

You are no better at remembering things than I am.

你还不太晚。

Nǐ hái bú tài wǎn.

You're not too late.

你这小子，不相信我是不是？

Nǐ zhè xiǎozi, bù xiāngxìn wǒ shìbúshì?

You don't believe me, do you, kid?

你那时不在这里。

Nǐ nàshí bú zài zhèlǐ.

You weren't here then.

做那个可能不安全。

Zuò nàge kěnéng bù ānquán.

It probably won't be safe to do that.

光看表面是不足够的。

Guāng kàn biǎomiàn shì bù zúgòu de.

All that glitters is not gold.

全知是不可能的。

Quán zhī shì bù kěnéng de.

It's not possible to know everything.

关于计划他什么也不知道。

Guānyú jìhuà tā shénme yě bù zhīdào.

He doesn't know anything about the plan.

关键不在穿什么，而是怎么穿。

Guānjiàn bú zài chuān shénme, érshì zěnme chuān.

It's not what you wear, it's how you wear it.

其实，我不知道。

Qíshí, wǒ bù zhīdào.

Actually, I don't know.

别担心，她不懂德语。

Bié dānxīn, tā bù dǒng Déyǔ.

Don't worry. She doesn't understand German.

别让他人干你自己不喜欢的事。

Bié ràng tā rén gàn nǐ zìjǐ bù xǐhuan de shì.

Don't let others do what you yourself don't like.

别跟我说你不知道。

Bié gēn wǒ shuō nǐ bù zhīdào.

Don't tell me you didn't know.

医生甚么也做不了。

Yīshēng shénme yě zuò bù liǎo.

There was nothing that the doctors could do.

即使她爱我，我也不爱她。

Jíshǐ tā ài wǒ, wǒ yě bú ài tā.

I don't love her, not even if she loves me.

参加的人并不多。

Cānjiā de rén bìng bù duō.

There were not many present.

叫你去为什么不去？

Jiào nǐ qù wèishénme bú qù?

You were told to go. Why didn't you?

可以这样说，但是太不文明了。

Kěyǐ zhèyàng shuō, dànshì tài bù wénmíng le.

You could say it that way, but it's quite vulgar.

可是我完全不觉得怪啊。

Kěshì wǒ wánquán bù juéde guài a.

But I don't think it's strange at all.

听好了，不加税！

Tīng hǎole, bù jiā shuì!

Read my lips, no new taxes!

听着好像他们不打算走。

Tīngzhe hǎoxiàng tāmen bù dǎsuàn zǒu.

It sounds like they're not going to leave.

听说你不来。

Tīngshuō nǐ bù lái.

I heard that you're not coming.

哪一支队伍赢了比赛并不重要。

Nǎ yìzhī duìwǔ yíngle bǐsài bìng bú zhòngyào.

Which team won the match really isn't important.

因为太闹，所以我睡不着觉。

Yīnwèi tài nào, suǒyǐ wǒ shuì bù zháo jué.

I can't sleep because of the noise.

因此，天气一点也不热。

Yīncǐ, tiānqì yìdiǎn yě bú rè.

So, it isn't hot at all.

在花园走一走算不上锻炼！

Zài huāyuán zǒu yì zǒu suàn bú shàng duànliàn!

Taking a walk in the garden doesn't count as exercise!

在这一点上意见不一。

Zài zhè yìdiǎn shàng yìjiàn bù yī.

Opinion is divided on this point.

在雨中走出去是不可能的。

Zài yǔ zhōng zǒuchū qù shì bù kěnéng de.

Going out in this rain is out of the question.

大房子不一定适合住。

Dà fángzi bù yídìng shìhé zhù.

Large houses are not necessarily comfortable to live in.

太暗了，看不清楚。

Tài àn le, kàn bù qīngchu.

It is too dark to see clearly.

太阳在晚上不亮。

Tàiyang zài wǎnshang bú liàng.

The sun doesn't shine at night.

女人们不注意他。

Nǚ rénmen bú zhùyì tā.

The ladies don't notice him.

她不可能超过30岁了。

Tā bù kěnéng chāoguò sānshí suì le.

She cannot be over thirty.

她不听我的。

Tā bù tīng wǒ de.

She doesn't listen to me.

她不听老师的。

Tā bù tīng lǎoshī de.

She doesn't listen to her teacher.

她不喜欢他。

Tā bù xǐhuan tā.

She disliked him.

她不喜欢住在城市里。

Tā bù xǐhuan zhù zài chéngshì lǐ.

She didn't like living in the city.

她不喜欢去学校。

Tā bù xǐhuan qù xuéxiào.

She doesn't like going to school.

她不喜欢她的丈夫。

Tā bù xǐhuan tā de zhàngfu.

She didn't like her husband.

她不喜欢我说话的方式。

Tā bù xǐhuan wǒ shuōhuà de fāngshì.

She doesn't like the way I speak.

她不在是因为病了。

Tā bú zài shì yīnwèi bìng le.

She is absent because of sickness.

她不在那里吧？

Tā bú zài nàli ba?

She wasn't there, was she?

她不害怕任何东西。

Tā bú hàipà rènhé dōngxi.

She is not afraid of anything.

她不忙，对吗？

Tā bù máng, duì ma?

She isn't busy, is she?

她不总是高兴。

Tā bù zǒngshì gāoxìng.

She is not always happy.

她不爱我了。

Tā bú ài wǒ le.

She doesn't love me anymore.

她不知道该和他说些什么。

Tā bù zhīdào gāi hé tā shuō xiē shénme.

She didn't know what to say to him.

她不知道该怎么做。

Tā bù zhīdào gāi zěnme zuò.

She didn't know what to do.