禁不住 meaning in English

jīnbuzhù

can't help it; can't bear it

HSK 7-9verb24 strokes

Meaning of 禁不住

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

jīnbuzhù
  1. can't help it
  2. can't bear it

禁不住 in example sentences

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

我wǒ禁jīn不bú住zhù想xiǎng他tā会huì不bú会huì准zhǔn时shí到dào。
I cannot help wondering if he will come on time.

Stroke order for each character

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禁 jìn · to restrict · 13 strokes

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不 bù · no · 4 strokes

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住 zhù · to live · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 禁不住.

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
记住jìzhùto remember; to bear in mind
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

Questions about 禁不住

What does 禁不住 mean?

禁不住 (jīnbuzhù) means "can't help it; can't bear it" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 禁不住?

禁不住 is made of 3 characters: 禁 (13 strokes), 不 (4 strokes), 住 (7 strokes). That is 24 strokes in total.

Is 禁不住 an HSK word?

Yes. 禁不住 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.