Won't do in Chinese: 不成 (bù chéng)

bù chéng

won't do

HSK 3.0 Level 61 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1won't do
  2. 2unable to
  3. 3(at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?

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Zhuyin

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ㄅㄨˋ

/ b/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄔㄥˊ

chéng

/ ch/ engˊ/ second tone

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  • 你这个办法根本不成。

    nǐ zhè ge bàn fǎ gēn běn bù chéng。

    This method of yours simply won't work.

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