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不可思议

不可思议 bùkěsīyì

不可思议 bùkěsīyì Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 不可思议 bùkěsīyì .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bùkěsīyì | bu4 ke3 si1 yi4
English translation
inconceivable (idiom); unimaginable
unfathomable

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Traditional form

不可思議

Part of speech

Idiom / 成语 chéngyǔ Chéngyǔ
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Etymology of 不可思议 bùkěsīyì

Familiarize yourself with the origin and historical aspects of the Chinese word 不可思议 bùkěsīyì .

Type

ideographic

Explanation

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

Positional decomposition

Number of Strokes

4

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

The right component is a pictograph of an axe handle, now written as (kē). kǒu (mouth) was added later to indicate that the character is only "mouthed", i.e. only used for its phonetic value.

Phonetic compound

kǒu

Semantic compound

Dīng

Positional decomposition

丁口

Number of Strokes

5

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Thought is associated with the head ( xìn ) and heart ( xīn ). The modern form of the top component looks like Tián (field), but Tián is unrelated.

Positional decomposition

田心

Number of Strokes

9

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. yán represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

yán

Positional decomposition

讠义

Number of Strokes

5

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Example sentences using 不可思议 bùkěsīyì

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然而 ránér , chà duàn de 思潮 sī cháo de 可不是 kě bu shì 祈求 qí qiú de 回音 huí yīn ”, 而是 ér shì 那股不可思议 bùkěsīyì de 反对 fǎnduì 势力 shìli .

Instead of the answer he demanded, that inexplicable counterinfluence cut across the current of his thought.

怎么 zěnme Néng 那么 nà me yuǎn , zhēn 不可思议 bùkěsīyì .

It's marvellous how he's managed to climb that far.

开心 kāixīn 地笑 le :“真是 zhēn shi 不可思议 bùkěsīyì 我们 wǒmen 现在 xiànzài 已经 yǐjīng 两次成功 Chénggōng 打进 dǎ jìn 决赛 juésài 了。

He beamed: "Unbelievably, we have now made it to the final twice."

克里斯赢得 yíng dé 金牌 jīn pái de 那一刻令人 lìng rén 不可思议 bùkěsīyì

It was an unbelievable moment when Chris won the gold medal.

费莉西蒂 de 变化 biànhuà 不可思议 bùkěsīyì

The change in Felicity was miraculous.

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