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不得不
bù dé bù
have to, must
HSK 4Epic
What does 不得不 mean?
不得不 (pinyin: bù dé bù) means have to, must. It belongs to the official HSK 4 vocabulary (upper intermediate), among the most frequent words of everyday Chinese.
Example with 不得不
Character families
Every HSK 1–4 word containing 不 · Every HSK 1–4 word containing 得 · Every HSK 1–4 word containing 不
The characters of 不得不
| 不 | bù | not (HSK 1) |
| 得 | dé | have to, must (HSK 2) |
| 不 | bù | not (HSK 1) |
Related HSK 4 words
| 教授 | jiào shòu | professor, teacher |
| 允许 | yǔn xǔ | to allow, to permit |
| 大概 | dà gài | approximately |
| 当地 | dāng dì | local |
| 制造 | zhì zào | to manufacture, to produce |
| 世纪 | shì jì | century |
| 失败 | shī bài | to fail |
| 估计 | gū jì | estimate, reckon |
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