不准 meaning in English

bù zhǔn

not to allow; to forbid

HSK 7-914 strokes

Meaning of 不准

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

bùzhǔn
  1. not to allow
  2. to forbid
  3. to prohibit

不准 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ不bù准zhǔn备bèi去qù,是shì吗ma?
You don't intend going there, do you?
我wǒ的de手shǒu表biǎo不bù准zhǔn。
My watch is not correct.
不bù准zhǔn在zài图tú书shū馆guǎn里lǐ谈tán话huà。
Talking in the library is not allowed.
我wǒ不bù准zhǔn备bèi和hé苏sū西xī结jié婚hūn。
I'm not about to marry Suzie.
这zhè里lǐ不bù准zhǔn拍pāi照zhào。
You're not allowed to take pictures here.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

不 bù · no · 4 strokes

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准 zhǔn · accurate · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 不准.

对不起duìbuqǐI'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
准备zhǔnbèipreparation; to prepare
是不是shì bu shìis or is not (used to form yes-no questions)
不用bùyòngneed not
不大bù dànot very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently
不对bùduìincorrect; wrong
不客气bù kèqìyou're welcome; don't mention it
不要bùyàodon't!; must not
不过bùguòonly; merely
不错bùcuòcorrect; right
不行bùxíngwon't do; be out of the question
不同bù tóngdifferent; distinct

Questions about 不准

What does 不准 mean?

不准 (bù zhǔn) means "not to allow; to forbid".

How do you write 不准?

不准 is made of 2 characters: 不 (4 strokes), 准 (10 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

Is 不准 an HSK word?

Yes. 不准 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.