不理 meaning in English

bù lǐ

to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to

HSK 7-915 strokes

Meaning of 不理

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

bùlǐ
  1. to refuse to acknowledge
  2. to pay no attention to
  3. to take no notice of
  4. to ignore

不理 in example sentences

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

我wǒ的de父fù母mǔ不bù理lǐ解jiě我wǒ。
My parents don't understand me.
我wǒ不bù理lǐ解jiě你nǐ怎zěn么me会huì喜xǐ欢huān这zhè样yàng的de音yīn乐yuè。
I don't understand why you like this kind of music.
他tā们men不bù理lǐ我wǒ。
They're ignoring me.
他tā不bù理lǐ解jiě我wǒ。
He didn't understand me.
我wǒ不bù理lǐ解jiě你nǐ
I don't understand you.

Stroke order for each character

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

不 bù · no · 4 strokes

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  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

理 lǐ · texture · 11 strokes

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  2. 2
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  11. 11

Related words

Words that share a character with 不理.

对不起duìbuqǐI'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
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
不好意思bù hǎoyìsito feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing

Questions about 不理

What does 不理 mean?

不理 (bù lǐ) means "to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to".

How do you write 不理?

不理 is made of 2 characters: 不 (4 strokes), 理 (11 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

Is 不理 an HSK word?

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