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不对劲 meaning in English

bùduìjìn

not right; amiss; to feel uncomfortable or unwell

Traditional 不對勁16 strokes

Meaning of 不对劲

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

bùduìjìn
  1. not right; amiss
  2. to feel uncomfortable or unwell
  3. to not get along

不对劲 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

这zhè个ge机jī器qì一yí定dìng有yǒu什shén么me地dì方fāng不bú对duì劲jìn。
Something must be wrong with the machinery.
洗xǐ衣yī机jī有yǒu些xiē不bú对duì劲jìn。
Something is wrong with the washing machine.
啥shá也yě不bú对duì劲jìn儿ér。
Nothing feels right.
等děng等děng，别bié再zài往wǎng前qián走zǒu了le。这zhè里lǐ感gǎn觉jué有yǒu点diǎn不bú对duì劲jìn。
Wait, don't go any further. Something feels off here.
他tā知zhī道dào她tā有yǒu点diǎn不bú对duì劲jìn。
He knew that something was wrong with her.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

不 bù · no · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

对 duì · right · 5 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

劲 jìn · strong · 7 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

Related words

Words that share a character with 不对劲.

对不起duìbuqǐI'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
是不是shì bu shìis or is not (used to form yes-no questions)
不用bùyòngneed not
不大bù dànot very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently
不对bùduìincorrect; wrong
不客气bù kèqìyou're welcome; don't mention it
不要bùyàodon't!; must not
不过bùguòonly; merely
不错bùcuòcorrect; right
不行bùxíngwon't do; be out of the question
不同bù tóngdifferent; distinct
不好意思bù hǎoyìsito feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing

Questions about 不对劲

What does 不对劲 mean?

不对劲 (bùduìjìn) means "not right; amiss; to feel uncomfortable or unwell".

How do you write 不对劲?

不对劲 is made of 3 characters: 不 (4 strokes), 对 (5 strokes), 劲 (7 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

How is 不对劲 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 不对劲 is written 不對勁.