从不
cóng bùㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ
Sino-Vietnamese: TÒNG BẤT
Traditional: 從不
HSK 3.0 · 5TOCFL 3
Meaning(adverb)
never
Examples
他从不迟到。
tā cóng bù chí dào.
He's never late.
我爸爸从不喝酒。
wǒ bà ba cóng bù hē jiǔ.
My dad never drinks.
她从不在别人面前哭。
tā cóng bú zài bié rén miàn qián kū.
She never cries in front of others.
Easily confused
- 从没 — 从不 = habitually never; 从没(有) = has never happened, usually with 过: 我从没去过.
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Stroke order
TÒNG · 4 strokes
variant of 从
BẤT · 4 strokes
no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
Related words
- 从 cóng — variant of 从
- 从来 cóng lái — always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence)
- 自从 zì cóng — since (a time); ever since
- 从事 cóng shì — to go for; to engage in; to undertake; to deal with; to handle; to do
- 从此 cóng cǐ — from now on; since then; henceforth
- 从而 cóng ér — thus; thereby
- 从前 cóng qián — previously; formerly; once upon a time
- 服从 fú cóng — to obey (an order); to comply; to defer