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[不用](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/%E4%B8%8D%E7%94%A8)

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[don't need to](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Don%27t_need_to)

In Chinese, 要 (yào) has many meanings, one of which is "need to." However, when you want to express "don't need to", you actually use 不用 (bùyòng), not 不要 (bùyào).

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- [1 Structure](#Structure "wikilink") - [2 Examples](#Examples "wikilink") - [3 Colloquial Saying](#Colloquial_Saying "wikilink") - [4 See also](#See_also "wikilink") - [5 Sources and further reading](#Sources_and_further_reading "wikilink") - [5.1 Books](#Books "wikilink")

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Subj. + 不用 + \[Verb Phrase\]

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- *不用* 谢。*Bùyòng* xiè.You don't need to thank me. - *不用* 担心。*Bùyòng* dānxīn.You don't need to worry. - 孩子 *不用* 买票。Háizi *bùyòng* mǎi piào.Kids don't need to buy tickets. - 你 *不用* 过去，她会过来的。Nǐ *bùyòng* guòqù, tā huì guòlái de.You don't need to go over there. She will come here. - 今天 *不用* 加班。Jīntiān *bùyòng* jiābān.We don't need to work overtime today. - 这件事*不用* 跟他说。Zhè jiàn shì *bùyòng* gēn tā shuō.You don't need to tell him about this. - 告诉他明天 *不用* 来了。Gàosu tā míngtiān *bùyòng* lái le.Tell him that he doesn't need to come tomorrow. - 买吧，*不用* 考虑价钱。Mǎi ba, *bùyòng* kǎolǜ jiàqian.Buy it. You don't need to worry about its price. - 今天人少，*不用* 排队。Jīntiān rén shǎo, *bùyòng* páiduì.There aren't many people today. We don't need to wait in line. - 你们 *不用* 都来，我们不需要这么多人。Nǐmen *bùyòng* dōu lái, wǒmen bù xūyào zhème duō rén.Not all of you need to come. We don't need that many people.

Colloquial Saying ------------------------------------------------------------------------- In spoken Chinese, the rhetorical question, "这还用说(吗)?", indicates the speaker believes that the statement is obvious. It is equivalent to the speaker saying, "is that seriously a question?" or "do you really need to ask?" Often, "这还用说(吗)?" is said in an impatient tone of voice. See also ------------------------------------------------------- - [Negative commands with "bie"](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Negative_commands_with_%22bie%22) - [Auxiliary verb "yao" and its multiple meanings](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Auxiliary_verb_%22yao%22_and_its_multiple_meanings) - [Negative commands with "bu yao"](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Negative_commands_with_%22bu_yao%22) Sources and further reading --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ### Books

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