不客气
Written bù kè qi, said bú kè qi — 不 becomes bú before a fourth tone.
Meaning
- you're welcome
- don't mention it
- impolite
Example sentence
你要是再给我们公司出洋相，我可就不客气了。
If you make fun of our company again, we certainly won’t be polite to you.
Characters in 不客气
- 不 bù no; not so
- 客 kè guest, customer, visitor
- 气 qì gas; air
客气 is the politeness one shows a guest — 客 guest plus 气 manner. Telling someone 不客气 is telling them to stop standing on ceremony, which is why it answers thank you.