不
肯

Refuse in Chinese: 不肯 (bù kěn)

bù kěn

Refuse

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1Refuse

Stroke order

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不
肯

Zhuyin

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ㄅㄨˋ

bù

ㄅ/ bㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄎㄣˇ

kěn

ㄎ/ kㄣ/ enˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 他不肯告诉我发生了什么。

    tā bù kěn gào sù wǒ fā shēng le shén me。

    He refuses to tell me what happened.

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Related words

不

bù

no

肯

kěn

to agree

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

肯定

kěn dìng

to be certain

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

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