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不得 meaning in English

bùdé

must not; may not

15 strokes

Meaning of 不得

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

bùdé
  1. must not
  2. may not
  3. not to be allowed
  4. cannot

不得 in example sentences

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

这zhè些xiē都dōu是shì你nǐ不bù得de不bù做zuò的de吗ma？
Is that all you have to do?
你nǐ有yǒu可kě能néng不bù得de不bù那nà么me做zuò。
There's a possibility you'll have to do that.
你nǐ太tài老lǎo了le，做zuò不bù得de这zhè种zhǒng事shì了le。
You're too old to be doing this kind of thing.
我wǒ记jì不bù得de最zuì后hòu看kàn的de什shén么me。
I don't remember what I was watching in the end.
她tā不bù得de不bù放fàng弃qì梦mèng想xiǎng。
She had to give up her dream.

Stroke order for each character

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

不 bù · no · 4 strokes

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得 dé · to obtain · 11 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 不得.

觉得juédeto think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)
对不起duìbuqǐI'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
得到dédàoto get; to obtain; to receive
是不是shì bu shìis or is not (used to form yes-no questions)
不用bùyòngneed not
记得jìdeto remember
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

Questions about 不得

What does 不得 mean?

不得 (bùdé) means "must not; may not".

How do you write 不得?

不得 is made of 2 characters: 不 (4 strokes), 得 (11 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.