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<h1>Expressing "don't need to" with "buyong"
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<p>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).</p>

<h2>Contents</h2>

<div class="contents"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">1 Structure </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">2 Examples </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">3 Colloquial Saying </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">4 See also </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">5 Sources and further reading </span></li>
<ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">5.1 Books</span></li>
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<h3>Structure</h3>

<div class="deux">Subj. + 不用 + [Verb Phrase]</div>

<h3>Examples</h3>
<div class="exemple"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">不用 谢 。
Bùyòng xiè.
You don't need to thank me. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">不用 担心 。
Bùyòng dānxīn.
You don't need to worry. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">孩子 不用 买 票 。
Háizi bùyòng mǎi piào.
Kids don't need to buy tickets. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">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. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">今天 不用 加班 。
Jīntiān bùyòng jiābān.
We don't need to work overtime today. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">这 件 事 不用 跟 他 说 。
Zhè jiàn shì bùyòng gēn tā shuō.
You don't need to tell him about this. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">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. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">买 吧 ，不用 考虑 价钱 。
Mǎi ba, bùyòng kǎolǜ jiàqian.
Buy it. You don't need to worry about its price. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">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. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">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.</span><br/></li>
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<h2>Colloquial Saying</h2>

<p>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.</p>

<h3>See also</h3>

<div class="See-also"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Negative commands with "bie" </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Auxiliary verb "yao" and its multiple meanings </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Negative commands with "bu yao"</span><br/></li>
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<h3>Sources and further reading</h3>

<h4>Books</h4>
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