不识字 bùshízì illiterate 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识字 識字 shízì verb + noun to be literate To learn to read; to be able to recognize characters.