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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)

不可数
bùkěshǔ
uncountable
不可能
bùkěnéng
impossible
不可解
bùkějiě
insoluble (i.e. impossible to solve)
不可避
bùkěbì
unavoidable
不可逆
bùkěnì
irreversible
不可导
bùkědǎo
not differentiable (function in calculus)
不可靠
bùkěkào
unreliable
不可以
bùkěyǐ
may not
不可名状
bùkěmíngzhuàng
indescribable
深不可测
shēnbùkěcè
deep and unmeasurable (idiom); unfathomable depths
渴不可耐
kěbùkěnài
to be so thirsty as to no longer be able to tolerate it
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
不可抗力
bùkěkànglì
unpredictable eventuality
不可抗拒
bùkěkàngjù
act of God
不可挽回
bùkěwǎnhuí
irreversible
高不可攀
gāobùkěpān
too high to reach (idiom); eminent and unapproachable
不可收拾
bùkěshōushí
irremediable

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Word Frequency Rank
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