不用说不用說 bù yòng shuō — needless to say; it goes without saying
bù (fourth tone, falling) yòng (fourth tone, falling) shuō (first tone, high and level)bu4 yong4 shuo1
Traditional: 不用說
needless to say; it goes without saying
Levels 7–9· 2021 three-band, nine-level proficiency standardverb
Meanings
needless to say; it goes without saying
needless to say; it goes without saying
verb
Character breakdown
Words containing 不
- 不bù (fourth tone, falling)not (negates verbs, adjectives and modal verbs)
- 不要bù (fourth tone, falling) yào (fourth tone, falling)don't!
- 不错不錯bù (fourth tone, falling) cuò (fourth tone, falling)correct
- 不同bù (fourth tone, falling) tóng (second tone, rising)different
- 不断不斷búduàn (second tone, rising)continuously, unceasingly
- 不过不過búguò (second tone, rising)but, however (a lighter contrast than 但是)
- 不如bùrú (fourth tone, falling)to be not as good as; had better
- 不再bù (fourth tone, falling) zài (fourth tone, falling)no more
- 不用bù (fourth tone, falling) yòng (fourth tone, falling)need not
- 不少bù (fourth tone, falling) shǎo (third tone, dipping)many
- 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
- 不然bùrán (fourth tone, falling)otherwise, or else
- 不管bùguǎn (fourth tone, falling)no matter (what/how…), regardless of
- 不足bùzú (fourth tone, falling)insufficient, inadequate; a shortcoming
- 不够不夠bù (fourth tone, falling) gòu (fourth tone, falling)not enough
- 不行bù (fourth tone, falling) xíng (second tone, rising)won't do
- 不仅不僅bù (fourth tone, falling) jǐn (third tone, dipping)not only (this one)
Words containing 说
- 说說shuō (first tone, high and level)to say, to speak
- 说话說話shuōhuà (first tone, high and level)to talk, to speak
- 说明說明shuō (first tone, high and level) míng (second tone, rising)to explain
- 听说聽說tīng (first tone, high and level) shuō (first tone, high and level)to hear (sth said)
- 说实话說實話shuō (first tone, high and level) shí (second tone, rising) huà (fourth tone, falling)to speak the truth
- 说法說法shuō (first tone, high and level) fǎ (third tone, dipping)to expound Buddhist teachings
- 再说再說zài (fourth tone, falling) shuō (first tone, high and level)to say again
- 小说小說xiǎo (third tone, dipping) shuō (first tone, high and level)novel
- 比如说比如說bǐ (third tone, dipping) rú (second tone, rising) shuō (first tone, high and level)for example
- 传说傳說chuán (second tone, rising) shuō (first tone, high and level)legend
- 也就是说也就是說yě (third tone, dipping) jiù (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling) shuō (first tone, high and level)in other words
- 据说據說jù (fourth tone, falling) shuō (first tone, high and level)it is said that
- 说不定說不定shuō (first tone, high and level) bu (neutral tone) dìng (fourth tone, falling)can't say for sure
- 说服說服shuō (first tone, high and level) fú (second tone, rising)to persuade
- 说道說道shuō (first tone, high and level) dào (fourth tone, falling)to state
- 说谎說謊shuō (first tone, high and level) huǎng (third tone, dipping)to lie
- 别说別說bié (second tone, rising) shuō (first tone, high and level)to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone
- 虽说雖說suī (first tone, high and level) shuō (first tone, high and level)though