不用 (don't need to)

No need differs from a ban

• A friend worries unnecessarily and you reassure them.
• you你nǐdon't need to不用bú yòngworry担心dān xīn。 — The speaker says worrying is unnecessary.

Build the form

• The pattern in this lesson is don't need to不用bú yòng (don't need to). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
• Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.

you你nǐdon't need to不用bú yòngworry担心dān xīn。

Read examples in context

• In the opening example, you你nǐdon't need to不用bú yòngworry担心dān xīn。: The speaker says worrying is unnecessary.
• Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.

Know the boundary

• not to allow不许bù xǔworry担心dān xīn would be a prohibition, while don't need to不用bú yòng removes a need.
• don't need to不用bú yòng can also have a literal not-use meaning in a different frame.

Use the distinction

Read the full reference: HSK 4 grammar — Auxiliary verbs.