Chinese word

并

Pronunciation

Pinyinbìng

Meaning

  • adverbnot at all

Example

我并不相信他的话。wǒ bìng bù xiāng xìn tā de huà

I don't believe what he says at all.

Illustration for 并 (not at all)

More examples

他并没有按时完成作业。tā bìng méi yǒu àn shí wán chéng zuò yè

He did not finish his homework on time at all.

Core concept

A joining link brings things or ideas alongside one another, and before a negative it makes the rejection firm.

Common phrases

  • 并没有bìng méi yǒu

    not at all ___

  • 并不bìng bù

    not ___ at all

  • 并不是bìng bú shì

    not ___ at all

Similar words

根本gēn běn: Stresses that something has no basic possibility or is entirely absent.
一点也yì diǎn yě: Shows that not even a tiny amount or degree is present.
完全wán quán: Shows that something is completely absent or not the case in any degree.

Definition in Chinese

主要用作否定的副词，通常位于不、没等否定词之前以强化否定，表示根本不、完全不；作连词或动词时表示并列或合并，多见于书面或正式语境。zhǔ yào yòng zuò fǒu dìng de fù cí tōng cháng wèi yú bù méi děng fǒu dìng cí zhī qián yǐ qiáng huà fǒu dìng biǎo shì gēn běn bù wán quán bù zuò lián cí huò dòng cí shí biǎo shì bìng liè huò hé bìng duō jiàn yú shū miàn huò zhèng shì yǔ jìng

Word origin

并 (bìng, "join; combine") developed from the older sense of placing things side by side and gained a grammatical use before 不 (bù, "not") or 没 (méi, "not have") for emphatic negation.

Usage tips

  • English can place strong negation after the verb or in a short reply, whereas 并 (bìng, "not at all") appears before the negative marker, making its position a useful clue in fast speech.

Other meanings

  • andconjunction
  • mergeverb

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