不得不 bùdébù

HSK level

Traditional form

不得不 bùdébù

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí

不 bù

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of sepals of a flower. The meaning "no" is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

⿱一 yī ？

Number of Strokes

得 dé

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Originally written as 㝵 dé . Depicts a hand (寸 cùn ) grabbing a shell (貝 bèi ), used as currency in ancient China, to convey the meaning "get". The 彳 chì (movement) component was added later.

Positional decomposition

⿰彳 chì ⿱旦寸

Number of Strokes

不 bù

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of sepals of a flower. The meaning "no" is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

⿱一 yī ？

Number of Strokes

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我 wǒ 不得不 bùdébù 盯 dīng 着 zhāo 看 kān 好 hǎo 几 jī 秒 miǎo ,去 qù 想 xiǎng 这 zhè 到底 dàodǐ 是 shì 什么 shénme 意思 yìsi .

I had to stare at it for several seconds to figure out what it meant.

我们 wǒmen 不得不 bùdébù 付 Fù 更 gēng 高 Gāo 的 de 价钱 jià qian .

We have to offer higher rates.

那 Nā 对 duì 年轻人 nián qīng rén 结婚 jiéhūn 时 shí 不得不 bùdébù 租 zū 房子 fáng zi .

The young couple had to lease a house when they got married.

他 tā 左脚受伤 shòushāng 了 le ,不得不 bùdébù 单足跳 tiào 行 háng .

He had hurt his left foot and had to hop along.

他们 tā men 不得不 bùdébù 将 jiāng 二 èr 楼 Lóu 租 zū 出去 chū qù 以 yǐ 偿付 cháng fù 抵押 dǐ yā 借款 jiè kuǎn .

They had to rent out the upstairs to make mortgage payments.

See the 58 Chinese characters that make up 不得不 bùdébù and their own compounds.

不 bù

否 fǒu

痞 pǐ , 嚭 pǐ , 俖, 娝, 桮, 脴, 踎

丕 pī

胚 pēi , 呸 pēi , 坯 pī , 抷, 伾 pī , 柸 pēi , 狉 pī , 秠 pī , 苤 piě , 蚽 pí , 邳 pī , 駓, 噽, 岯, 怌, 豾, 鉟, 髬, 魾

还 Huán , 坏 huài , 杯 bēi , 怀 Huái , 环 Huán , 歪 wāi , 孬 nāo , 甭 béng , 钚 bù , 鈈, 吥 bù , 囨 piān , 妚 pēi , 抔 póu , 紑 fóu , 罘 fú , 芣 fú , 伓, 奀, 嫑 biáo , 炋, 盃 bēi , 肧, 衃, 覔, 銔, 阫, 鴀

得不

旦 dàn

一 yī , 日 Rì

寸 cùn , 彳 chì

See all Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 不得不 bùdébù in their composition.

不 bù

得不

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