不客气/不客氣 bú kèqi — you’re welcome, not at all

Meanings

1. 1

   you’re welcome, not at all

   The reply to 谢谢. Literally "don’t be polite" — an invitation to drop the formalities rather than a denial that anything was done.

   phrase

Character breakdown

• 不

  bù (fourth tone, falling)

  not, no — the general negative, placed before verbs and adjectives

  4 strokesRadical 一

Example sentences

• 谢谢你！不客气。/謝謝你！不客氣。Xièxie (fourth tone, falling) nǐ! (third tone, dipping) Bú (second tone, rising) kèqi. (fourth tone, falling)···

  “Thank you!” “You’re welcome.”

• 不客气，请坐。/不客氣，請坐。Bú (second tone, rising) kèqi, (fourth tone, falling) qǐng (third tone, dipping) zuò. (fourth tone, falling)···

  Not at all — do sit down.

Similar words

Words containing 不

• 不bù (fourth tone, falling)not (negates verbs, adjectives and modal verbs)
• 不过/不過búguò (second tone, rising)but, however (a lighter contrast than 但是)
• 不但búdàn (second tone, rising)not only … (but also)
• 差不多chàbuduō (fourth tone, falling)about the same, close enough, not much different
• 不管bùguǎn (fourth tone, falling)no matter (what/how…), regardless of
• 对不起/對不起duìbuqǐ (fourth tone, falling)sorry; excuse me