不要
bú​yàobù​yào HSK2

do not

不要 bú​yào frequency
do not adverb
a negative imperative used to forbid or advise against doing something.

请不要随意丢弃废旧电池。

qǐng bú​yào suí​yì diū​qì fèi​jiù diàn​chí.

Please do not discard old batteries at will.

don't adverb
a negative imperative used to advise or command someone not to do something

请不要随便打岔。

qǐng bú​yào suí​biàn dǎ​chà.

Please don't interrupt.

不要 bù​yào
don't adverb
don't; must not

既然你不舒服，今天就不要去上班了。

jì​rán nǐ bù shū​fu, jīn​tiān jiù bù​yào qù shàng​bān le.

Since you're not feeling well, don't go to work today.

do not adverb
a negative imperative marker used to advise or command someone not to do something

请不要在这里说话。

qǐng bù​yào zài zhè​lǐ shuō​huà.

Please do not speak here.

must not adverb
an imperative or prohibitive adverb phrase used to warn or forbid someone from doing something; must not; do not

这件事千万不要累及他人。

zhè jiàn shì qiān​wàn bù​yào lěi jí tā​rén.

Do not let this matter involve or burden others.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
616.4 per million appears in 80% of films
Written text
413.9 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 2

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICTAI-generated definitions
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)