不在乎
HSK 4 (2021)
不在乎 (bùzàihu) · not to care
不在乎 (bùzàihu) means “not to care”. It is written with 3 characters: 不 (not) + 在 (at) + 乎 (interrogative or exclamatory final particle). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 不在乎 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)
在 zài · at
What 在 is made of
- 才cái — ability
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 亅 — hook
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
Origin hint: 土 gives the meaning, 才 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
乎 hū · interrogative or exclamatory final particle
What 乎 is made of
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
Example sentences
他不在乎别人怎么说。Tā bùzàihu biérén zěnme shuō.He doesn't care what others say.
你真的不在乎吗?Nǐ zhēnde bùzàihu ma?Do you really not care?
Questions about 不在乎
What does 不在乎 mean?
不在乎 (bùzàihu) means “not to care”.
How do you pronounce 不在乎?
不在乎 is pronounced bùzàihu.
Which HSK level is 不在乎?
不在乎 is in HSK 4 (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 不在乎 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 53: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.