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不由 meaning in English

bùyóu

can't help (doing sth)

9 strokes

Meaning of 不由

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

bùyóu
  1. can't help (doing sth)

不由 in example sentences

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

总zǒng统tǒng不bù由yóu自zì主zhǔ地dì笑xiào了le起qǐ来lái。
The president laughed in spite of himself.
不bù由yóu得de想xiǎng起qǐ了le故gù乡xiāng。
I can never forget my hometown.
人rén们men或huò可kě选xuǎn择zé何hé时shí开kāi始shǐ恋liàn爱ài，但dàn它tā的de终zhōng结jié却què不bù由yóu人rén。
People can begin to love when they choose, but they have no choice when it comes to ending love.

Stroke order for each character

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

不 bù · no · 4 strokes

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  2. 2
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  4. 4

由 yóu · to follow · 5 strokes

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  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

Related words

Words that share a character with 不由.

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 不由

What does 不由 mean?

不由 (bùyóu) means "can't help (doing sth)".

How do you write 不由?

不由 is made of 2 characters: 不 (4 strokes), 由 (5 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.