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| − | *<em>不用</em> 担心 。<span class="pinyin"><em>Bùyòng</em> dānxīn.</span><span class="trans"> | + | *<em>不用</em> 担心 。<span class="pinyin"><em>Bùyòng</em> dānxīn.</span><span class="trans">You don't need to worry.</span> |
*<em>不用</em> 你 帮忙 。<span class="pinyin"><em>Bùyòng</em> nǐ bāngmáng.</span><span class="trans">I don't need your help.</span> | *<em>不用</em> 你 帮忙 。<span class="pinyin"><em>Bùyòng</em> nǐ bāngmáng.</span><span class="trans">I don't need your help.</span> | ||
*今天 <em>不用</em> 加班 。<span class="pinyin">Jīntiān <em>bùyòng</em> jiābān.</span><span class="trans">We don't need to work overtime today.</span> | *今天 <em>不用</em> 加班 。<span class="pinyin">Jīntiān <em>bùyòng</em> jiābān.</span><span class="trans">We don't need to work overtime today.</span> | ||
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在汉语里，"要"有很多意思，当它表示"need to"的时候，否定形式"don't need to"对应的是"不用"，而不是"不要"。
Structure
Subj. + 不用 + [Verb Phrase]
Examples
- 不用 担心 。You don't need to worry.
- 不用 你 帮忙 。I don't need your help.
- 今天 不用 加班 。We don't need to work overtime today.
- 这 件 事不用 跟 他 说 。You don't need to tell him about this.
- 告诉 他 明天 不用 来 了 。Tell him that we don't need him to come tomorrow.
- 大家 不用 给 我 买 礼物 。Guys, you don't need to buy me presents.
- 今天 人 少，不用 排队 。There're only a few people today. We don't need to wait in a queue.
- 五岁 的 孩子 不用 买 票 。A five-year-old kid doesn't need to buy a ticket.
- 新 员工 不用 参加 这个 会议 。New staff don't need to attend this meeting.
- 我们 只 去 两 天， 你 不用 带 这么 多 衣服 。We'll only stay there for two days. You don't need to take so many clothes.
Colloquial Saying with 这还用说
在口语里，反问句"这还用说（吗）？"表示说话人认为事情很明显，对方问得多余，常常含有不屑回答或者不耐烦的语气。
