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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 不了
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 不了 | bù le | - no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) |
| 不了 | bù liǎo | - (as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth) - (pattern: {verb} + 個|个[ge5] + ~) without end; incessantly |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 1,164 | 483 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 不 | bù | - no; not so - (bound form) not; un- |
| 了 | le | - (completed action marker) - (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) - (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) |
| 了 | liǎo | - to finish - (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4bu5liao3] "cannot forget") - (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least - to understand clearly (variant of 瞭|了[liao3]) |
| 了 | liǎo | - (of eyes) bright - clear-sighted - to understand clearly |
| 了 | liào | - unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4] |
Other Words Containing 不了
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