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不了

bù liǎo

2-character word

What 不了 means

1. (as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth)
2. (pattern: {verb} + {个|ge} + ~) without end; incessantly

Other readings

不了 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• bù leno thanks (used to politely but informally decline)

The characters in 不了

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 了le(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)…

Example sentences

• 我动不了。
  I can't move.
• 你不了解。
  You don't understand.
• 我走不了。
  I can't go.
• 我忘不了她。
  Wǒ wàngbùliǎo tā.
  I can't forget her.

Words starting with 不了

• 不了了之bù liǎo liǎo zhīto settle a matter by leaving it unsettled; to end up with nothing definite

Words containing 不了

• 受不了shòu bù liǎounbearable; unable to endure; can't stand
• 大不了dà bu liǎoat worst; if worst comes to worst; (usu. in the negative) serious; alarming
• 少不了shǎo bu liǎocannot do without; to be unavoidable; are bound to be many
• 免不了miǎn bù liǎounavoidable; can't be avoided
• 用不了yòng bu liǎoto not use all of; to use less than
• 比不了bǐ bù liǎocannot compare to; to be no match for
• 算不了suàn bù liǎodoes not count for anything; of no account
• 也好不了多少yě hǎo bu liǎo duō shǎohardly any better; just as bad
• 死不了sǐ bù liǎoPortulaca Sundial (a type of plant)
• 成不了气候chéng bu liǎo qì hòuwon't get far; unlikely to be successful
• 下不了台xià bu liǎo táito be unable to extricate oneself gracefully; to be put on the spot; to be embarrassed
• 上不了台面shàng bù liǎo tái miànbetter kept under the table (idiom); not to be disclosed; too inferior to show in public
• 脱不了身tuō bù liǎo shēnbusy and unable to get away