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不禁

bù jīn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

不禁 (bù jīn) means "can't help (doing sth)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 不禁 means

1. can't help (doing sth)
2. can't refrain from

The characters in 不禁

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 禁jìnto prohibit; to forbid

Example sentences

• 我不禁为他感到难过。
  Wǒ bù jìn wèi tā gǎndào nánguò.
  I can't help feeling sorry for him.
• 我不禁欣赏他的才华。
  Wǒ bù jìn xīnshǎng tā de cáihuá.
  I can't help admiring his talent.
• 我不禁想我的儿子一直都在生。
  Wǒ bù jìn xiǎng wǒ de érzi yīzhí dōu zài shēng.
  I cannot help thinking that my son is still alive.
• 看见这副景象，我不禁叹了口气。
  Kànjiàn zhè fù jǐngxiàng, wǒ bù jìn tàn le kǒuqì.
  Seeing this scene, I couldn’t help but sigh.
• 我每次看到你都不禁想起你母亲来。
  Wǒ měicì kàn dào nǐ dōu bù jìn xiǎngqǐ nǐ mǔqīn lái.
  Every time I see you, I can't help thinking about your mother.
• 她得知父亲突然离世，不禁心如刀割。
  Tā dézhī fùqīn tūrán líshì, bù jìn xīnrúdāogē.
  She was filled with deep grief to hear of her father's sudden death.

Words containing 不禁

• 忍俊不禁rěn jùn bù jīncannot help laughing; unable to restrain a smile
• 弱不禁风ruò bù jīn fēng(lit.) too weak to stand up to the wind (idiom); (fig.) extremely delicate; fragile

Sounds the same

Read bù jīn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 布巾a cloth

Where 不禁 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · bù (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bù jīn correctly.
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