不听话 bùtīnghuà disobedient Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 不 bù adverb not Negative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings听话 聽話 tīnghuà verb + noun obedient To do what one is told; to heed advice or obey instructions.