不
起
眼

Unremarkable in Chinese: 不起眼 (bù qǐ yǎn)

bù qǐ yǎn

unremarkable

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1unremarkable
  2. 2nothing out of the ordinary

Stroke order

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不
起
眼

Zhuyin

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ㄅㄨˋ

bù

ㄅ/ bㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄑㄧˇ

qǐ

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iˇ/ third tone

ㄧㄢˇ

yǎn

ㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 这家店很不起眼，东西却很好。

    zhè jiā diàn hěn bù qǐ yǎn， dōng xī què hěn hǎo。

    This shop looks unremarkable, but its goods are excellent.

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Related words

不

bù

no

起

qǐ

to rise

眼

yǎn

eye

起床

qǐ chuáng

to get out of bed

眼睛

yǎn jing

eye

一起

yī qǐ

in the same place

眼镜

yǎn jìng

spectacles

不但

bù dàn

not only (... but also ...)

不管

bù guǎn

not to be concerned

不过

bù guò

only

不仅

bù jǐn

not just

起飞

qǐ fēi

(of an aircraft) to take off

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