HSK 6 · Function Words

甭 béng “don’t” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 甭 means

  1. don’t
  2. need not (short for 不用)
  3. contracted form of 不用

How to say 甭

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale甭béng2nd tone, rising

甭 in a sentence

  1. 你甭管了，我来做。

    Nǐ béng guǎn le, wǒ lái zuò.

    Don’t worry about it; I’ll do it.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 甭客气，都是朋友。

    Béng kèqi, dōu shì péngyou.

    No need to stand on ceremony; we’re all friends.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 甭 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 甭 (béng) with each of its parts in a different colour
甭béngcontracted form of 不用
  • 不no · bù
  • 用use · yòng

How to write 甭

甭 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

甭 (béng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 甭 (béng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 甭

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总共zǒnggòng · altogether总算zǒngsuàn · at long last总之zǒngzhī · in a word作为zuòwéi · as (in the role of)本人běnrén · I本身běnshēn · itself便于biànyú · easy to并非bìngfēi · to not be

FAQs

甭 (béng) means “don’t” or “need not (short for 不用)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it béng: béng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 甭 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type beng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 甭 from the suggestions. Typing beng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
甭 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.