HSK 5 · Function Words

勿 wù “do not (formal” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 勿 means

  1. do not (formal, on signs)
  2. do not

How to say 勿

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale勿wù4th tone, falling

勿 in a sentence

  1. 请勿触碰展品。

    Qǐng wù chùpèng zhǎnpǐn.

    Please do not touch the exhibits.

    Sentence #11231392 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 请勿给野生动物喂食。

    Qǐng wù gěi yěshēng dòngwù wèishí.

    Please do not feed the wild animals.

    Sentence #10355169 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 未经允许请勿进入这个房间。

    Wèijīng yǔnxǔ qǐng wù jìnrù zhè ge fángjiān.

    Please do not enter this room without permission.

    Sentence #844650 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 勿 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 勿 (wù) with each of its parts in a different colour
勿wùdo not
  • 勹wrap · bāo
  • 丿slash · piě
  • 丿slash · piě

How to write 勿

勿 4 strokes

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

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

Words related to 勿

More words: Function Words & Grammar

团tuán · group万一wànyī · just in case唯一wéiyī · only未必wèibì · not necessarily无数wúshù · countless显然xiǎnrán · clearly相当xiāngdāng · equivalent to相对xiāngduì · relatively

FAQs

勿 (wù) means “do not (formal, on signs)” or “do not”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it wù: wù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 勿 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 勿 from the suggestions. Typing wu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
勿 is an HSK 5 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.