不
由
得

Can't help in Chinese: 不由得 (bù yóu de)

bù yóu de

can't help

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1can't help
  2. 2cannot but

Stroke order

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不
由
得

Zhuyin

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ㄅㄨˋ

bù

ㄅ/ bㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄧㄡˊ

yóu

ㄧ/ iㄡ/ ouˊ/ second tone

˙ㄉㄜ

de

˙/ neutral toneㄉ/ dㄜ/ e

Example sentences

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  • 看到这一幕，我不由得笑了。

    kàn dào zhè yí mù， wǒ bù yóu dé xiào le。

    Seeing this scene, I couldn't help laughing.

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Related words

不

bù

no

得

dé

to obtain

由

yóu

to follow

觉得

jué de

to think that ...

记得

jì de

to remember

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

得意

dé yì

proud of oneself

获得

huò dé

to obtain

由于

yóu yú

due to

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