巴不得 meaning in English

bābudé

(coll.) to be eager for; to long for

HSK 7-9verb19 strokes

Meaning of 巴不得

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

bābude
  1. (coll.) to be eager for
  2. to long for
  3. to look forward to

巴不得 in example sentences

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

不bù管guǎn你nǐ信xìn不bù信xìn,我wǒ和hé你nǐ一yī样yàng巴bā不bù得de想xiǎng把bǎ这zhè件jiàn事shì搞gǎo定dìng。
Whether you believe it or not, I want to get this thing over with as much as you do.
用yòng这zhè种zhǒng好hǎo事shì来lái威wēi胁xié我wǒ?我wǒ巴bā不bù得de呢ne。
Don't threaten me with a good time.

Stroke order for each character

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

巴 bā · to desire · 4 strokes

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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 巴不得.

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 巴不得

What does 巴不得 mean?

巴不得 (bābudé) means "(coll.) to be eager for; to long for" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 巴不得?

巴不得 is made of 3 characters: 巴 (4 strokes), 不 (4 strokes), 得 (11 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.

Is 巴不得 an HSK word?

Yes. 巴不得 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.