HSK 6 · Function Words

不惜 bùxī “not to hesitate (to)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 不惜 means

  1. not to hesitate (to)
  2. not to spare
  3. not stint
  4. not spare
  5. not hesitate (to do sth)
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • not scruple (to do sth)

How to say 不惜

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale不bù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale惜xī1st tone, high and level

不惜 in a sentence

  1. 我必须不惜一切代价帮助她。

    Wǒ bìxū bùxī yíqiè dàijià bāngzhù tā.

    I must help her at any cost.

    Sentence #1446807 from Tatoeba

  2. 他执意不惜一切代价获得成功。

    Tā zhíyì bùxī yíqiè dàijià huòdé chénggōng.

    He is determined to succeed at any price.

    Sentence #4757591 from Tatoeba

How 不惜 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 不 (bù) drawn as one shape
不bùno; not so

不 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidPicture a bar 一 across the top that nothing below can get past: not, no.

The character 惜 (xī) with each of its parts in a different colour
惜xīto cherish
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīn
  • 昔past · xī

How to write 不惜

不 4 strokes · 惜 11 strokes

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

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

Words related to 不惜

Words with 不

不bù · no不要bùyào · don’t!不客气bú kèqi · you’re welcome对不起duìbuqǐ · sorry不错bùcuò · not bad不好意思bùhǎoyìsi · to feel embarrassed不但búdàn · not only不同bùtóng · different不少bùshǎo · quite a few不见bújiàn · to be missing

Words with 惜

可惜kěxī · it is a pity爱惜àixī · to cherish珍惜zhēnxī · to treasure惋惜wǎnxī · to regret

More words: Function Words & Grammar

不堪bùkān · unbearable不愧búkuì · to be worthy of不料búliào · unexpectedly不免bùmiǎn · inevitably不由得bùyóude · can’t help (doing)不止bùzhǐ · more than成心chéngxīn · on purpose除chú · except

FAQs

不惜 (bùxī) means “not to hesitate (to)” or “not to spare”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bùxī: bù with a 4th tone, then xī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 不惜 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type buxi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 不惜 from the suggestions. Typing buxi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
不惜 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.