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不可
bùkě
1. cannot
2. should not
3. must not
Very Common • Top 1%

Character Breakdown

不
bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
HSK 1 4 丶
可
kě
may, can, -able; possibly
HSK 2 5 丶

Compound Words (20)

不可以
bùkěyǐ
may not
不可导
bùkědǎo
not differentiable (function in calculus)
不可数
bùkěshǔ
uncountable
不可能
bùkěnéng
impossible
不可解
bùkějiě
insoluble (i.e. impossible to solve)
不可逆
bùkěnì
irreversible
不可避
bùkěbì
unavoidable
不可靠
bùkěkào
unreliable
不可一世
bùkěyīshì
to consider oneself unexcelled in the world
不可估量
bùkěgūliàng
inestimable
不可侵犯
bùkěqīnfàn
inviolable
不可分割
bùkěfēngē
inalienable
不可分离
bùkěfēnlí
inseparable
不可胜数
bùkěshèngshǔ
countless
不可胜言
bùkěshèngyán
inexpressible (idiom)
不可名状
bùkěmíngzhuàng
indescribable
不可告人
bùkěgàorén
hidden
不可多得
bùkěduōdé
hard to come by
不可思议
bùkěsīyì
inconceivable (idiom); unimaginable
HSK 6
不可或缺
bùkěhuòquē
necessary

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