VocabularyHSK 3 · core

不客气

bú kèqi

you're welcome

Part of speech · expression

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Examples

A: 谢谢! B: 不客气。
A: Thanks! B: You're welcome.
别这么客气。
No need to be so polite.

Collocations

不客气别客气太客气了

Mnemonic

不客气 bú kèqi "you're welcome" — literally "don't be polite (in a stand-offish way)". 客气 means "polite formality". Synonyms: 没事 méishì, 没关系 méiguānxi. Note: as a noun command 不客气! can also mean "don't hold back!".

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