不要 (bùyào) means Doesn't want. Below are 24 of the 78 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
请 不要 破坏花草。
Qǐng bùyào pòhuài huācǎo.
Please do not damage the plants.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 破坏
请 不要 随地吐痰。
Qǐng bùyào suídì tǔ tán.
Please do not spit on the ground.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 吐
凡事 不要 走极端。
Fánshì bú yào zǒu jíduān.
Do not take anything to extremes.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 极端
请 不要 践踏草坪。
Qǐng bú yào jiàntà cǎopíng.
Please do not trample on the lawn.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 践踏
不要 被情绪支配。
Bú yào bèi qíngxù zhīpèi.
Do not let your emotions control you.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 支配
不要 轻易否定自己。
Bùyào qīngyì fǒudìng zìjǐ.
Do not dismiss yourself so readily.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 否定
驾驶时 不要 打电话。
Jiàshǐ shí bùyào dǎ diànhuà.
Do not use the phone while driving.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 驾驶
不要 片面地看问题。
Bùyào piànmiàn de kàn wèntí.
Do not look at a problem one-sidedly.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 片面
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From the graded readers
我给他钱，他 不要 。
wǒ gěi tā qián, tā bùyào.
I offered him money; he wouldn't take it.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost
茶是 不要 钱的。我很高兴。
chá shì bùyào qián de / dì. wǒ hěn gāoxìng.
The tea was free. I was very happy.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · At the Restaurant
王老师说：“ 不要 怕，多说，多听。”
wáng lǎoshīshuō:" bùyào pà, duō shuō, duō tīng / tìng."
Mr Wang says, "Don't be afraid — speak more, listen more."
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Learning Chinese
From the travel phrasebook
不要 appears in 78 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 不要
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Questions about 不要
How is 不要 used in a sentence?
This page shows 78 sentences using 不要 (bùyào, "Doesn't want"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Where can I see the full entry for 不要?
The dictionary page for 不要 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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