Learning : Basic Verbs - Want, Buy, Like, Do Not
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jamesgthang

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 JamesGthang yahoo.com 
2010-01-04 / 11:01PM

QUESTION:

Sometimes 不 (bù) is pronounced (bú). As in:

不喜歡 (don’t like)
bù xǐ huān

and

不對 (incorrect)
bú duì

Are there any rules to when 不 is pronounced bù or bú?

謝謝 (thanks)
xiè xiè
James

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joey

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Joey askbenny.net 
2010-01-04 / 11:57PM
To : JamesGthang

HI James,

Good questions, In Mandarin, the standard pronunciation of 不 is ‘bù’,
but when the tone of next word is 4, Chinese people used to change
the bù to bú,

For example,
不对 – búduì – wrong;incorrect
不断 – búduàn – continuous
不必 – búbì -not have to
不是 – búshì -It’s not…

And some dictionary uses ‘bù’ alway, so you need to be careful this rule
when you learn chinese and mandarin.

Joey



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 Giorgio gmail.com 
2013-05-20 / 11:57PM

我想喝水。

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