do not in Mandarin

You can remember the meaning of 不要 with this easy mnemonic:

No (不), I do not want (要) to go to work today. I'm too tired and I deserve a day off.

Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like can have an enormous impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

• 要
• 不

• 不少
• 快要
• 不行
• 不到
• 不赖
• 不够
• 用不着
• 不用
• 不可思议
• 忍不住
• 不足
• 对不起
• 不会
• 要是
• 了不起
• 就要

The reading of 不要 is bù yào.

You can remember how to say 不要 with this useful mnemonic:

Boohoo (bù), go cry me a river. You (yào) millenials know nothing of working late and being stressed.

Using mnemonics to remember the reading of Chinese vocabulary like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

Learning vocabulary like do not and the rest of the Mandarin written language can take as little as one year, or as long as a lifetime. Our Mandarin language learners find that using helpful mnemonics can aid retention of Chinese Mandarin vocabulary and characters.

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