不
禁

Can't help (doing sth) in Chinese: 不禁 (bù jīn)

bù jīn

can't help (doing sth)

HSK 3.0 Level 61 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1can't help (doing sth)
  2. 2can't refrain from

Stroke order

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不
禁

Zhuyin

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ㄅㄨˋ

bù

ㄅ/ bㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄐㄧㄣ

jīn

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄣ/ en—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 听到这个消息，我不禁笑了。

    tīng dào zhè ge xiāo xī， wǒ bù jīn xiào le。

    Hearing the news, I couldn't help laughing.

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Related words

不

bù

no

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

禁止

jìn zhǐ

to prohibit

不安

bù ān

unpeaceful

不必

bù bì

need not

不断

bù duàn

unceasing

不免

bù miǎn

inevitably

不然

bù rán

not so

不如

bù rú

not equal to

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