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不行 (bù xíng): Won't do (Verb, Adjective) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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2.

Character Breakdown

不行 consists of 2 characters.

Word Info

Pinyinbù xíng

Meaningwon't do

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 3

SyntaxVerb, Adjective

Word不行

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Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 不行.

Words with 不

不要bù yàoHSK 1
不客气bú kè qiHSK 1
对不起duì bu qǐHSK 1
不错bù cuòHSK 2
不好意思bù hǎo yì siHSK 2
不久bù jiǔHSK 3
不但bù dànHSK 3
不同bù tóngHSK 3

Words with 行

行李xíng liHSK 3
银行yín hángHSK 3
自行车zì xíng chēHSK 3
行李箱xíng li xiāngHSK 3
银行卡yín háng kǎHSK 3
举行jǔ xíngHSK 4
出行chū xíngHSK 4

旅行

lǚ xíng

HSK 4

3.

Example Sentences with 不行

Zhè这

ge个

jì计

huà划

bù不

xíng行

，

wǒ我

men们

xū需

yào要

xiǎng想

gè个

xīn新

bàn办

fǎ法

。

This plan won't do; we need to think of a new method.

tā他

duì对

wǒ我

jiào叫

bǎn板

，

shuō说

wǒ我

bù不

xíng

rú如

guǒ果

zhǐ只

shì是

kōng空

tán谈

ér而

bù不

xíng行

wǒ我

jì记

xìng性

bù不

xíng行

，

dé得

gǎn赶

jǐn紧

bǎ

zhè这

ge个

xiàng项

mù目

tài太

fù复

zá杂

le了

，

nǐ你

xiǎng想

xué学

hǎo好

yì一

mén门

yǔ语

yán言

，

guāng光

kào靠

wǒ我

jiā家

māo猫

mī咪

píng平

shí时

hěn很

guāi乖

qiǎo巧

，

xiǎng想

biàn变

de得

bó博

xué学

，

guāng光

kào靠

sǐ死

jì记

qì气

hòu候

biàn变

huà化

qiāo敲

xiǎng响

le了

jǐng警

zhōng钟

，

行

。

He challenged me, saying I couldn't do it.

dòng

动

，

mèng梦

xiǎng想

yǒng永

yuǎn远

wú无

fǎ法

chéng成

zhēn真

。

If you only talk without taking action, dreams will never come true.

把

huì会

yì议

yào要

diǎn点

jì记

zài在

bǐ笔

jì记

běn本

shàng上

。

My memory is unreliable, so I need to quickly jot down the key points of the meeting in my notebook.

yí一

gè个

rén人

dān单

dú独

chǔ处

lǐ理

kǒng恐

pà怕

bù不

xíng行

。

This project is too complex; I'm afraid you can't handle it alone.

tū突

jī击

bù不

xíng行

，

xū需

yào要

cháng长

qī期

de的

jī积

diàn淀

。

To master a language well, relying solely on cramming won't work; it requires long-term accumulation.

dàn但

yí一

kàn看

dào到

máo毛

xiàn线

qiú球

jiù就

xīng兴

fèn奋

dé得

bù不

xíng行

。

My cat is usually very obedient, but gets extremely excited the moment it sees a ball of yarn.

yìng硬

bèi背

kě可

bù不

xíng行

，

dé得

xué学

huì会

sī思

kǎo考

hé和

lián联

xì系

。

To become erudite, rote memorization alone won't work; you must learn to think and make connections.

rú如

guǒ果

wǒ我

men们

bù不

xíng行

dòng动

，

hòu后

guǒ果

jiāng将

bù不

kān堪

shè设

xiǎng想

。

Climate change has sounded an alarm bell; if we don't take action, the consequences will be unimaginable.