"Can't help it" in Chinese — 禁不住 (jīn bu zhù)

禁

不

住

jīn bu zhù

can't help it

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

1can't help it
2can't bear it

Stroke order

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禁

不

住

Zhuyin

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ㄐㄧㄣ

jīn

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄣ/ en—/ first tone

˙ㄅㄨ

˙/ neutral toneㄅ/ bㄨ/ u

ㄓㄨˋ

zhù

ㄓ/ zhㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

See 禁不住 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

听到这个消息，她禁不住哭了起来。
tīng dào zhè ge xiāo xī， tā jīn bú zhù kū le qǐ lái。
Hearing the news, she couldn't help but start crying.

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Related words

不

bù

住

zhù

to live

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

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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Can't help it in Chinese: 禁不住 (jīn bu zhù)