Expressing "don't need to" with "buyong"

Nível: HSK 4 | Categoria: Gramática

Explicação da Regra:

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). Subj. + 不用 + [Verb Phrase] 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, "does that even need to be said?" or "is that seriously a question?" This 用 is the direct opposite of the 不用 in this grammar point, but you don't hear it a lot.

Exemplos com Falantes Nativos:

• 不用谢。 (bùyòng xiè 。): "you are welcome."
• 不用担心。 (bùyòng dànxīn 。): "do not worry."
• 孩子不用买票。 (háizǐ bùyòng mǎi piào 。): "Children do not need to buy tickets."
• 你不用过去，她会过来的。 (nǐ bùyòng guòqù ，tā hùi guòlái de 。): "You do n’t have to go, she will come."
• 今天不用加班。 (jīntiān bùyòng jiābān 。): "No overtime work today."

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