不同
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)
不同 (bùtóng) · different
不同 (bùtóng) means “different”. It is written with 2 characters: 不 (not) + 同 (same). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 不同 is built
The characters
不 bù · not
What 不 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: A bird flying toward the sky 一 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
同 tóng · same
What 同 is made of
- 凡fán — any
- 几jǐ — how many
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乙yǐ — second
- 丶 — dot
- 几jǐ — how many
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: Sharing a common 凡 tongue 口 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我们的想法不同。Wǒmen de xiǎngfǎ bùtóng.We have different ideas.
这两个字有什么不同？Zhè liǎng gè zì yǒu shénme bùtóng?What's the difference between these two characters?
Questions about 不同
What does 不同 mean?
不同 (bùtóng) means “different”.
How do you pronounce 不同?
不同 is pronounced bùtóng.
Which HSK level is 不同?
不同 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 不大bùdànot very
- 不对bùduìwrong
- 不客气bùkèqiyou are welcome
- 不用bùyòngno need
- 对不起duìbuqǐsorry
- 是不是shìbushìis it or not
- 不错bùcuònot bad
- 不但bùdànnot only (... but also ...)
- 不够bùgòunot enough
- 不过bùguòbut
Learn 不同 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 41: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.