勿

wù

HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Adverb Uncommon

Definitions

1. do not

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Usage notes

Common mistakes

勿 can only be followed by a monosyllabic verb in modern usage; using a disyllabic verb (e.g., 勿吃饭) is unnatural.

Formality

勿 is formal/literary, mainly in written signs and classical expressions; in everyday speech, use 不要 or 别 instead.

Example Sentences

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请 勿 吸烟。

Please do not smoke.

未經允許請 勿 進入這個房間。

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 844650)

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Words Containing 勿

• 切勿 切勿 qiè wù: by no means
• 勿cue 勿cue wù c u e: (Internet slang) don't call on me
• 勿忘国耻 勿忘国耻 wù wàng guó chǐ: Never forget national humiliation, refers to Mukden railway incident of 18th September 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变 and subsequent Japanese annexation of Manchuria
• 勿忘我 勿忘我 wù wàng wǒ: forget-me-not, genus Myosotis (botany)
• 勿求人 勿求人 wù qiú rén: see 不求人[bù qiú rén]
• 勿谓言之不预 勿谓言之不预 wù wèi yán zhī bù yù: (idiom) don't say you haven't been forewarned (threat used by the PRC in international diplomacy)
• 基操勿6 基操勿6 jī cāo wù liù: (Internet slang) it's nothing, there's no need to compliment
• 姑置勿论 姑置勿论 gū zhì wù lùn: (idiom) to put (an issue) to one side for the moment
• 宁左勿右 宁左勿右 nìng zuǒ wù yòu: (of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)
• 宁缺勿滥 宁缺勿滥 nìng quē wù làn: same as 寧缺毋濫|宁缺毋滥[nìng quē wú làn]
• 己所不欲，勿施于人 己所不欲，勿施于人 jǐ suǒ bù yù , wù shī yú rén: What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects)
• 苟富贵，勿相忘 苟富贵，勿相忘 gǒu fù guì , wù xiāng wàng: don't forget your friends when you become rich
• 请勿吸烟 请勿吸烟 qǐng wù xī yān: No smoking
• 请勿打扰 请勿打扰 qǐng wù dǎ rǎo: please do not disturb
• 非诚勿扰 非诚勿扰 fēi chéng wù rǎo: serious inquiries only