不太
HSK 2 (2021)
不太 (bùtài) · not very
不太 (bùtài) means “not very; not too”. It is written with 2 characters: 不 (not) + 太 (too). It is an HSK 2 word in the 2021 standard.
How 不太 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)
太 tài · too
What 太 is made of
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
- 丶 — dot
Origin hint: A giant 大 with a normal-sized man 丶 for scale (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我不太饿。Wǒ bù tài è.I'm not very hungry.
今天不太冷，对吗？Jīntiān bù tài lěng, duì ma?It's not too cold today, is it?
Questions about 不太
What does 不太 mean?
不太 (bùtài) means “not very; not too”.
How do you pronounce 不太?
不太 is pronounced bùtài.
Which HSK level is 不太?
不太 is in 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 不太 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 34: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.