Emphasizing a negation with 并 ("bing4")

并 bìng

Sentence patterns

HSK 4

Structure

Subj. + 并 + 不 + Verb / Adj. Subj. + 并 + 没（有) + Verb

用在否定词前面，加强否定语气，相当于‘根本’、‘决’等。

Used before a negative word to strengthen the negative tone, equivalent to 'at all', 'simply', or 'by no means'.

通常用于否定句，放在‘不’、‘没’、‘非’等否定词前，强调否定的程度或事实。

Usually used in negative sentences, placed before negative words like '不', '没', '非', to emphasize the degree or fact of negation.

1 我并不同意你的观点。(I do not agree with your opinion at all.)
2 他并不是我不知道，而是他不想说。(It is not that he doesn't know, but that he doesn't want to say.)
3 这件事并没有那么简单。(This matter is not that simple at all.)
4 并没人要求你这么做。(No one asked you to do this at all.)
5 我并非故意要伤害你。(I did not mean to hurt you at all.)

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