不能
Meanings
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- 1.cannot
- 2.must not
- 3.should not
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Wiktionary
- 1.cannot; must not; should not
- 2.to be unable to; to fail to
- 3.A verbal complement expressing incapability.
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Etymology
The slang usage is a mimicry of Japanese syntax.
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Stroke order
Components
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Characters
Example sentences
我不能说。
I can't say.
你不能輸。
You can't lose.
我不能走。
I can't walk.
我不能走。
I can't leave.
我不能走。
I can't go.
我不能留下。
I can't stay.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
不能不不能出口不能勝數不能胜数不能勾不能增減一分不能增减一分不能彀不能措一辭不能措一辞不能流芳百世，也要遺臭萬年不能流芳百世，也要遗臭万年不能為不能为不能盡數不能尽数不能自休不能自免不能自制不能自已不能自拔不能自給不能自给不能贊一辭不能赞一辞不能越雷池一步富貴不能淫富贵不能淫寢不能寐寝不能寐
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Related words
不能不 have to恨不能 see 恨不得[hèn bu de]不能自已 unable to control oneself欲罢不能 want to stop but can't (idiom)认识不能 agnosia静坐不能 akathisia (condition of restlessness, a side-effect of neuroleptic antipsychotic drug)巴不能够 avid无所不能 omnipotent富贵不能淫 not corrupted by wealth and honors贫贱不能移 not shaken by poverty书写不能症 agraphia不以规矩，不能成方圆 without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules