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不行

bù xíng

HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word

不行 (bù xíng) means "no; that won't do; not allowed". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 不行 means

1. won't do
2. be out of the question
3. be no good
4. not work
5. not be capable

The characters in 不行

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 行xíng(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit…

Example sentences

• 不行！
  No!
• 不行吗？
  Something wrong?
• 恐怕不行。
  I'm afraid not.
• 这个不行。
  This is not okay.
• 绝对不行！
  Absolutely not!
• 当然不行！
  Obviously not!

Words starting with 不行

• 不行了bù xíng le(colloquial) on the point of death; dying

Words containing 不行

• 到不行dào bù xíngextremely; incredibly
• 土到不行tǔ dào bù xíngold-fashioned; extremely kitsch

Sounds the same

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

• 步行to go on foot; to walk

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bù xíng correctly.
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