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不可

bù kě

2-character word

What 不可 means

1. cannot; should not; must not

The characters in 不可

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 可kě(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit

Example sentences

• 不可理喻
  Bùkělǐyù
  Nonsense!
• 不可能！
  It can't be!
• 这不可能！
  It can't be!
• 不可能的。
  That can't be it.
• 这不可能。
  That's impossible.
• 不可杀人。
  Thou shalt not kill.

Words starting with 不可

• 不可思议bù kě sī yì(idiom) inconceivable; unimaginable; unfathomable
• 不可避免bù kě bì miǎn(idiom) inevitable; unavoidable
• 不可或缺bù kě huò quēnecessary; must have
• 不可收拾bù kě shōu shi(idiom) irremediable; unmanageable; out of hand; hopeless
• 不可开交bù kě kāi jiāoto be awfully (busy etc)
• 不可一世bù kě yī shì(idiom) to consider oneself unexcelled in the world; to be insufferably arrogant
• 不可分割bù kě fēn gēinalienable; unalienable; inseparable
• 不可多得bù kě duō déhard to come by; rare
• 不可理喻bù kě lǐ yù(idiom) impervious to reason; unreasonable
• 不可告人bù kě gào rén(idiom) to be kept secret; not to be divulged
• 不可同日而语bù kě tóng rì ér yǔlit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom)…
• 不可估量bù kě gū liànginestimable; incalculable; beyond measure
• 不可磨灭bù kě mó mièindelible
• 不可逆转bù kě nì zhuǎnirreversible
• 不可逾越bù kě yú yuèimpassable; insurmountable; insuperable
• 不可以bù kě yǐmay not
• 不可能bù kě néngimpossible; cannot
• 不可数bù kě shǔuncountable
• 不可解bù kě jiěinsoluble (i.e. impossible to solve)
• 不可知论bù kě zhī lùnagnosticism, the philosophical doctrine that some questions about the universe are in…
• 不可分离bù kě fēn líinseparable
• 不可少bù kě shǎoindispensable; essential
• 不可导bù kě dǎonot differentiable (function in calculus)
• 不可数集bù kě shuò jíuncountable set (math.)

Words containing 不可

• 必不可少bì bù kě shǎoabsolutely necessary; indispensable; essential
• 密不可分mì bù kě fēninextricably linked (idiom); inseparable
• 遥不可及yáo bù kě jíunattainable; far-fetched; out of reach
• 深不可测shēn bù kě cèdeep and unmeasurable (idiom); unfathomable depths; incomprehensible…
• 怒不可遏nù bù kě èunable to restrain one's anger (idiom); in a towering rage
• 功不可没gōng bù kě mòone's contributions cannot go unnoticed (idiom)
• 妙不可言miào bù kě yántoo wonderful for words
• 乐不可支lè bù kě zhīoverjoyed (idiom); as pleased as punch
• 急不可耐jí bù kě nàiunable to wait
• 缺一不可quē yī bù kěnot a single one is dispensable; can't do without either
• 急不可待jí bù kě dài(idiom) impatient; eager to (do sth); unable to wait any longer
• 高不可攀gāo bù kě pāntoo high to reach (idiom); eminent and unapproachable
• 俗不可耐sú bù kě nàiintolerably vulgar
• 机不可失jī bù kě shīNo time to lose! (idiom)
• 无可无不可wú kě wú bù kěneither for nor against sth; indifferent
• 言不可传yán bù kě chuánimpossible to put into words; inexpressible
• 非死不可Fēi sǐ bù kěFacebook (Internet slang, pun reading "you must die")
• 可望而不可及kě wàng ér bù kě jí(idiom) in sight but beyond reach; unattainable; inaccessible
• 乐不可极lè bù kě jí(idiom) one should not overindulge in pleasure
• 势不可当shì bù kě dāngimpossible to resist (idiom); an irresistible force
• 神圣不可侵犯shén shèng bù kě qīn fànsacred; inviolable
• 情不可却qíng bù kě quèunable to refuse because of affection
• 可遇不可求kě yù bù kě qiúcan be discovered but not sought (idiom); one can only come across such things…