不客气 (bùkèqi) · you are welcome
不客气 (bùkèqi) means “you are welcome”. It is written with 3 characters: 不 (not) + 客 (guest) + 气 (air). It is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 不客气 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)
客 kè · guest
What 客 is made of
- 宀 — roof
- 丶 — dot
- 冖mì — cover
- 各gè — individual
- 夂zhǐ — to go
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 又yòu — and
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 夂zhǐ — to go
Origin hint: A person 各 welcomed under one's roof 宀; 各 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
气 qì · air
What 气 is made of
- 亻rén — person
Origin hint: A person 亻 breathing air (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
Questions about 不客气
What does 不客气 mean?
不客气 (bùkèqi) means “you are welcome”.
How do you pronounce 不客气?
不客气 is pronounced bùkèqi.
Which HSK level is 不客气?
不客气 is in HSK 1 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021) and Old HSK 1.
Related words
- 不大bùdànot very
- 不对bùduìwrong
- 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
- 不太bùtàinot very
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 40: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.