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不可以
bùkěyǐ
1. may not
Very Common • Top 2%

Character Breakdown

不
bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
HSK 1 4 丶
可
kě
may, can, -able; possibly
HSK 2 5 丶
以
yǐ
according to; so as to; because of; then
HSK 2 4 丶

Compound Words (1)

夏虫不可以语冰
xiàchóngbùkěyǐyǔbīng
A summer insect (which does not live to see winter) cannot talk about ice

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Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
1,788 of 84,292