Chinese Tone Changes - Negating with 不 bù, bú

CHINESE TONE CHANGES - 不 (bù)
不 bù is an incredibly frequent Chinese word that is used for basic negation. If you haven’t heard of it before, you will soon. In short, if you want to say “not-[something]” (e.g. not want, not go, etc), the “not” part is 不. There are a few exceptions, but we’ll address those in a future article.
This rule is actually easier than the 一 yī rule, because there is only one condition in which 不 bù will change from its standard 4th tone. When before another 4th tone, it becomes a 2nd tone. Once again, the 2nd tone - 4th tone pairing of tones flows very easily.
不要 búyào - don’t want
不错 búcuò - good, not bad!
不是 búshì - not so
不对 búduì - not correct, incorrect
Even if you aren’t familiar with Chinese vocabulary, we’re sure you can imagine just how often you’re likely to say the above four words. If you don’t know the rule, you risk being fooled by your dictionaries. In the same way that in the word “government” we don’t remove the “n” despite it aurally disappearing, when written in dictionaries and textbooks “不 bù” is always written as 4th tone. You must notice yourself when it should change to 2nd tone.
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