{"id":2566,"date":"2014-07-12T19:58:35","date_gmt":"2014-07-13T02:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.touchchinese.com\/?p=2566"},"modified":"2018-11-02T05:15:49","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T12:15:49","slug":"the-difference-between-bu-and-mei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.touchchinese.com\/learn-chinese-online\/the-difference-between-bu-and-mei.html","title":{"rendered":"The Difference between\u201c\u4e0d\u201d b\u00f9 and \u201c\u6ca1\u201d m\u00e9i"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many foreign students are often confused about some similar words in Chinese. For example:\u4e0d and \u6ca1\uff0cwhich look the same, even though they are used quite differently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cB\u00f9\u201d \u4e0d and \u201cm\u00e9i\u201d\u6ca1 are both negative words. Here, I have listed several situations indicating how to use them properly. But remember, there are always overlaps and exceptions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. For expressing don\u2019t have and there isn\u2019t or there aren\u2019t, you must use \u201cm\u00e9i you\u201d or \u201cm\u00e9i\u201d. you can not use \u201cb\u00f9\u201d. \u201cM\u00e9i\u201d can be used in the short term for \u201cm\u00e9i you\u201d, usually you can replace each other.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>w\u014f m\u00e9i you sh\u00ed ji\u0101n.(I have no time.)\u6211\u6ca1\u6709\u65f6\u95f4\u3002<\/li>\n<li>W\u014f m\u00e9i you qi\u00e1n.(I have no money.)\u6211\u6ca1\u6709\u94b1\u3002<\/li>\n<li>W\u014f m\u00e9i k\u00f2ng.(I have no time.)\u6211\u6ca1\u7a7a\u3002<\/li>\n<li>Y\u012bng gu\u00f3 m\u00e9i you d\u00e0 xi\u00f3ng m\u0101o (panda). (There isn\u2019t any panda in Britain.)\u82f1\u56fd\u6ca1\u6709\u5927\u718a\u732b\u3002<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>2.\u201dB\u00f9\u201d is usually used to describe the change of the state, but \u201cm\u00e9i \u201dis usually to describe a negative fact.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ch\u0113 b\u00f9 z\u014fu le.\u8f66\u4e0d\u8d70\u4e86. The Car doesn\u2019t work. (The car was going before, but now it is not going any longer.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Ch\u0113 m\u00e9i z\u014fu.\u8f66\u6ca1\u8d70\u3002Car didn\u2019t go.\uff08The car is there, it hasn\u2019t gone yet.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ti\u0101n b\u00f9 xi\u00e0 y\u016d le.\u5929\u4e0d\u4e0b\u96e8\u4e86\u3002It doesn\u2019t rain.\uff08It was raining before, but now it is not raining any longer.\uff09<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Ti\u0101n m\u00e9i xi\u00e0 y\u016d.\u5929\u6ca1\u4e0b\u96e8\u3002It didn\u2019t rain.\uff08It hasn\u2019t rained. It didn\u2019t rain.\uff09<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>3.when you describe something that hasn\u2019t taken place, you can use\u201dm\u00e9i you\u201d.<\/strong> For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>T\u0101 m\u00e9i you l\u00e1i. (He didn\u2019t come.)\u4ed6\u6ca1\u6709\u6765\u3002<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>W\u014f m\u00e9i you ch\u012b f\u00e0n.(I didn\u2019t eat.)\u6211\u6ca1\u6709\u5403\u996d\u3002<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>W\u014f m\u00e9i you sh\u014du d\u00e0o (receive) t\u0101 de di\u00e0n z\u012d y\u00f3u ji\u00e0n(Email).(I didn\u2019t receive his email.)\u6211\u6ca1\u6709\u6536\u5230\u4ed6\u7684\u7535\u5b50\u90ae\u4ef6\u3002<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>4. When you describe something has taken place and the change of state, which is a negative one, such as, disappeared, you use \u201cm\u00e9i \u201d.<\/strong> For example:<\/p>\n<p>p\u00ed ji\u016d m\u00e9i you le.\u5564\u9152\u6ca1\u6709\u4e86\u3002(There is not any beer.)\uff08in this context,we usually use \u201cle \u201din the end of the sentence.\uff09<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. When it is a personal decision and willingness, you use \u201cb\u00f9\u201d.<\/strong> For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>T\u0101 b\u00f9 l\u00e1i le.\u4ed6\u4e0d\u6765\u4e86\u3002(He doesn\u2019t come.)(It means he has decided not to come.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>T\u0101 m\u00e9i l\u00e1i .\u4ed6\u6ca1\u6765\u3002(He didn\u2019t come.)\uff08It just describes the fact that he didn\u2019t come.\uff09<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>W\u014f b\u00f9 ch\u012b f\u00e0n. \u6211\u4e0d\u5403\u996d\u3002(I don\u2019t eat.)(It means I don\u2019t want to eat.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>w\u014f b\u00f9 x\u012d hu\u0101n p\u00ed ji\u016d.\u6211\u4e0d\u559c\u6b22\u5564\u9152\u3002(I don\u2019t like beer.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>6.When you give or have a negative judgement, attribute or manner of a certain thing or a fact, you use \u201cb\u00f9\u201d.<\/strong> For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wo ju\u00e9 de p\u00ed ji\u016d b\u00f9 h\u0103o.\u6211\u89c9\u5f97\u5564\u9152\u4e0d\u597d\u3002(I don\u2019t think this beer is good.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>T\u0101 xi\u0115 (write) de z\u00ec (word, characters) b\u00f9 h\u0103o. \u4ed6\u5199\u7684\u5b57\u4e0d\u597d\u3002(His writing is not good.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>About \u201cb\u00f9\u201dand \u201cm\u00e9i\u201d, today we just started talking about it. However, I hope this helps you to use them in daily life instantly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many foreign students are often confused about some similar words in Chinese. For example:\u4e0d and \u6ca1\uff0cwhich look the same, even though they are used quite differently. \u201cB\u00f9\u201d \u4e0d and \u201cm\u00e9i\u201d\u6ca1 are both negative words. Here, I have listed several situations indicating how to use them properly. But remember, there are always overlaps and exceptions. 1. &#8230; <a title=\"The Difference between\u201c\u4e0d\u201d b\u00f9 and \u201c\u6ca1\u201d m\u00e9i\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.touchchinese.com\/learn-chinese-online\/the-difference-between-bu-and-mei.html\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Difference between\u201c\u4e0d\u201d b\u00f9 and \u201c\u6ca1\u201d m\u00e9i\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touchchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2566"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touchchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touchchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touchchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touchchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.touchchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touchchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touchchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touchchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touchchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}