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Definition(s) for: 要不得

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
要不得 yào bu de - intolerable; unacceptable

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
- - 49,052 37,061 20,306

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
yāo- (bound form) to demand; to coerce
yào- to want; to need; to ask for
- will; shall; about to
- need to; should
- if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5])
- (bound form) important
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
- to obtain
- to get
- to gain
- to catch (a disease)
- proper
- suitable
- proud
- contented
- to allow
- to permit
- ready
- finished
de- structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
děi- to have to
- must
- ought to
- to need to

Other Words Containing 要不得

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
要不得 - - 49,052 37,061 20,306