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不成

bù chéng

HSK 6

Meaning

  • won't do
  • unable to
  • (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?

Definition

表示不行、不可以；用于句末表示反问或揣测。

Indicates 'no good' or 'cannot'; used at the end of a sentence to express a rhetorical question or conjecture.

Usage

常作谓语或补语，表示否定；也可用于反问句或推测句中，如‘难道...不成？’

Often used as a predicate or complement to express negation; also used in rhetorical or speculative sentences, e.g., 'Could it be that...?'

Examples

  • 1 这样做事可不成。 (It won't do to do things this way.)
  • 2 难道你还不明白不成？ (Don't you understand yet?)
  • 3 他怕是不来了不成？ (Could it be that he's not coming?)
  • 4 你这样马虎下去可不成。 (You can't go on being so careless.)
  • 5 光说不做可不成。 (Just talking without doing is no good.)

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