# 一不小心 (yībùxiǎoxīn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 一不小心 (yībùxiǎoxīn) means “accidentally; carelessly”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: accidentally; carelessly
- Pinyin: yībùxiǎoxīn (yi1 bu4 xiao3 xin1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 我一不小心把杯子打碎了。
  Wǒ yībùxiǎoxīn bǎ bēizi dǎsuì le.
  I accidentally broke the cup.

## Characters

- [一](https://hanziro.com/word/yi-one/) (yī): one
- [不](https://hanziro.com/word/bu-not/) (bù): not; no
- [小](https://hanziro.com/word/xiao-small/) (xiǎo): small; little
- [心](https://hanziro.com/word/xin-heart/) (xīn): heart; mind

https://hanziro.com/word/yi-bu-xiao-xin-accidentally/

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