不
像
话

Unreasonable in Chinese: 不像话 (bù xiàng huà)

bù xiàng huà

unreasonable

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 不像話1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1unreasonable
  2. 2shocking
  3. 3outrageous

Stroke order

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不
像
话

Zhuyin

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ㄅㄨˋ

bù

ㄅ/ bㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄒㄧㄤˋ

xiàng

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄤ/ angˋ/ fourth tone

ㄏㄨㄚˋ

huà

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

不像话

Simplified

不像話

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他这样对待老人，真不像话。

    tā zhè yàng duì dài lǎo rén， zhēn bú xiàng huà。

    The way he treats elderly people is truly outrageous.

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Related words

不

bù

no

像

xiàng

to resemble

话

huà

dialect

说话

shuō huà

to speak

不但

bù dàn

not only (... but also ...)

不管

bù guǎn

not to be concerned

不过

bù guò

only

不仅

bù jǐn

not just

对话

duì huà

to talk (with sb)

好像

hǎo xiàng

as if

笑话

xiào hua

joke

不安

bù ān

unpeaceful

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