Negative expression of the verb yào 要 (to want)?
Is it correct in that the negative expression of the verb (dòngcí 动词) yào 要 is bù xiǎng 不想 ?

And not bú yào 不要 ?

Example (Lìzi 例子):

Wǒ yào qù túshūguǎn. 我要去图书馆.

Then the negative would be: Wǒ bù xiǎng qù túshūguǎn. 我不想去图书馆..

Question

Negative expression of the verb yào 要 (to want)?
Is it correct in that the negative expression of the verb (dòngcí 动词)   yào 要 is bù xiǎng  不 想 ?

And not bú yào  不 要 ?

Example (Lìzi  例子):

Wǒ yào qù túshūguǎn.     我 要 去 图书馆.

Then the negative would be:  Wǒ bù xiǎng qù  túshūguǎn.   我 不 想 去  图书馆..

Answer

If you are saying you want to do something, you can use either 想/要 as both mean "to want, though differ in degree. If you want to negate either of these, all you have to do is add a 不 in front of it, as 不想/不要.

For example, in the example you provided (我要去圖書館), the negative form of that would be "I do not want to go to the library" or 我不要去圖書館。Alternatively, you can also say 我不想去圖書館.

Answer

it's 不要
what is given in your example (不想) expresses no wish of doing smth

so it's 要 -- 不要
and
想 -- 不想

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