HSK 1 · Greetings

不客气

bú kè qi

you're welcome

Stroke order of 不客气

3 characters, 17 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

不 · 4 strokes客 · 9 strokes气 · 4 strokes

Memory trick

Do NOT '不' treat me as a guest '客' with polite air '气' — you're welcome, friend!

Parts: 不 not + 客 guest (宀 roof + 各) + 气 air; manners

The characters in 不客气

不 bù — not; no (4 strokes)
气 qì — air; to anger (4 strokes)

Example sentence

A：谢谢！B：不客气。

A: Thank you! B: You're welcome.

Words with 不

对不起sorry 不not; no 不大not very; not often 不用no need 不对incorrect 是不是is it or not 不久soon; not long after 不一会儿in a short while 不少quite a lot 不够not enough 不满dissatisfied 不好意思sorry; embarrassed 不一定not necessarily 差不多almost; about the same 不要don't 不行no way; won't do 不过but; however 不但not only

Words with 客

客人guest; visitor 顾客customer 请客to treat; to invite 旅客traveller; passenger 游客tourist 做客to be a guest 客观objective

Words with 气

天气weather 生气angry; to get angry 气温air temperature 空气air 气air; to anger 气候climate

More words: Greetings

好good; well 再见goodbye 谢谢thank you 对不起sorry 没关系it doesn't matter; no problem 没什么it's nothing; never mind 没事儿it's OK; never mind 请please; to invite 请进please come in 请坐please sit down 请问excuse me, may I ask 早early 叫to be called; to call 名字name 认识to know (someone); to recognize 介绍to introduce

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