不满
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)
不满 (bùmǎn) · dissatisfied
不满 (bùmǎn) means “dissatisfied; less than”. It is written with 2 characters: 不 (not) + 满 (full). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 不满 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)
满 mǎn · full
What 满 is made of
- 氵shuǐ — water
- 艹cǎo — grass
- 两liǎng — two
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 从cóng — from
- 人rén — person
- 人rén — person
Origin hint: 氵 gives the meaning, 㒼 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
他对成绩很不满。Tā duì chéngjì hěn bùmǎn.He is very dissatisfied with his grades.
不满十八岁的人不能喝酒。Bùmǎn shíbā suì de rén bù néng hē jiǔ.People under eighteen can't drink alcohol.
Questions about 不满
What does 不满 mean?
不满 (bùmǎn) means “dissatisfied; less than”.
How do you pronounce 不满?
不满 is pronounced bùmǎn.
Which HSK level is 不满?
不满 is in HSK 4 (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 不满 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 38: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.