Mandarin Chinese Grammar for Pimsleur Students/Negation

Mandarin Chinese Grammar for Pimsleur Students NOUNS - Pronouns - Nouns - Proper nouns VERBS - Activity verbs - Adjectival stative verbs - Non-adjectival stative verbs - Yes/No answers - Past tense - Future tense OTHERS - Negation - Questions - Adverbs - Conjunctions - Prepositions - Numbers - Phrases

Negation

Negation words

不	bù	not
没	méi	not (only referring to 有 / yŏu / to have)

Syntax

他不是中国人 ◦	tā bù shì Zhōnguó rén.	He is not Chinese.
他们不会说英文 ◦	tāmen bù huì shuō yīngwén.	They cannot speak English.
八点钟不好 ◦	bā diăn zhōng bù hăo.	8 o'clock is not okay.
九点钟不行 ◦	jiŭ diăn zhōng bù xíng.	9 o'clock is impossible.
我说得不好 ◦	wŏ shuō de bù hăo.	I don't speak well.
不是现在 ◦	bù shì xiàn zài.	Not now.
我没有茶 ◦	wŏ méi yŏu chá.	I don't have any tea.