HSK 2 · Must & can

不行

bù xíng

no way; won't do

Stroke order of 不行

2 characters, 10 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

不 · 4 strokes 行 · 6 strokes

Memory trick

Not (不) able to walk (行): the road is blocked, so no way.

Parts: 不 not + 行 to walk/be okay (crossroads shape)

The characters in 不行

不 bù — not; no (4 strokes)
行 xíng — OK; to be all right (6 strokes)

Example sentence

这样做不行。

Doing it this way won't work.

Words with 不

不客气you're welcome 对不起sorry 不not; no 不大not very; not often 不用no need 不对incorrect 是不是is it or not 不久soon; not long after 不一会儿in a short while 不少quite a lot 不够not enough 不满dissatisfied 不好意思sorry; embarrassed 不一定not necessarily 差不多almost; about the same 不要don't 不过but; however 不但not only

Words with 行

行OK; to be all right 旅行to travel; trip 自行车bicycle 行人pedestrian 银行bank 银行卡bank card 举行to hold (an event)进行to carry out 流行popular; fashionable 行动action; to act 行为behaviour 旅行社travel agency 行李luggage 飞行to fly; flight 实行to implement 行李箱suitcase

More words: Must & can

必须must; to have to 应该should 该should; to be one's turn 可以can; may 能够to be able to 不要don't 得to get; to obtain 要求to require; requirement 请求to request; request 求to ask for; to seek 让to let; to make 答应to agree; to promise 商量to discuss; to consult 讨论to discuss

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