Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

不可

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Remove ads

Chinese

More information not; no, can; may; able tocan; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis) ...

Pronunciation



More information Rime, Character ...
More information Character, Reading # ...
More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...

Verb

不可 (auxiliary)

  1. cannot
    不可替代   bùkě tìdài   to be irreplaceable
    不可不可 [MSC, trad.]
    不可不可 [MSC, simp.]
    Wú yī shì bùkě duì rén, wú yī niàn bùkě gào tiān. [Pinyin]
    There should be no matter that cannot be told to others and no thought that cannot be told to heaven.
  2. should not; must not
    不可   Nǐ fēi qù bùkě.   You must go.
    頭孢不可同服 [MSC, trad.]
    头孢不可同服 [MSC, simp.]
    Tóubāo bù kě yǔ jiǔ tóngfú. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    鄙人以為這樣萬萬不可 [MSC, trad.]
    鄙人以为这样万万不可 [MSC, simp.]
    Bǐrén yǐwéi zhèyàng zuò wànwàn bù kě. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    有權不可任性有权不可任性   Yǒuquán bùkě rènxìng.   Those who have power cannot be wilful. (Power is not to be used arbitrarily.)

Usage notes

In the sense should not, 不可 (bùkě) is usually preceded by (fēi) in the structure ……不可 (fēi...bùkě), meaning must.

Synonyms

Particle

不可

  1. A particle, used when being with a verb meaning "must", to intensify the tone.

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (不可):
  • Japanese: 不可(ふか) (fuka)
  • Korean: 불가(不可) (bulga)
  • Vietnamese: bất khả (不可)

See also

Remove ads

Japanese

More information Kanji in this term ...

Etymology

The prefix () (fu-) + () (ka).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [fúꜜkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • (Tokyo) [fùkáꜜ] (Odaka – [2]) non-lexical pitch that some speakers employ to reconcile coinciding devoicing and accenting
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟̊ka̠]

Noun

()() (fuka) 

  1. being bad or unacceptable
  2. a failing grade on a test

Antonyms

References

Remove ads

Vietnamese

More information chữ Hán Nôm in this term ...

Verb

不可

  1. chữ Hán form of bất khả

Adjective

不可

  1. chữ Hán form of bất khả

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads