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不可
  bat1 ho2   jyutping
  bu4 ke3   pinyin
cannot; not able to | Cant.: 唔可以; ; 可能; 唔得 | Syn.: 不可; 不能; 不可能; 不能; 不得; 不行


Level: 1   Google Frequency: 8,480,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
不可

This word has been viewed 3391 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 20th Nov 2004 07:15 and last edited on 2nd Aug 2009 01:50
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Characters in this word:

 bat1  -  not; no; un-
 ho2 hak1  -  can; approve; need; but

66 compounds containing this word:

不可能 - impossible
不可數的 - uncountable
不可不 - cannot not; must
不可分割 - indivisibility
不可說 - ineffable
非不可 - must
不可一世 - consider oneself unexcelled in the world; be insufferably arrogant
不可估量 - inestimable; incalculable; beyond measure
不可分離 - inseparable
不可同日而語 - cannot be mentioned in the same breath
不可告人 - hidden; kept secret; not to be divulged
不可多得 - hard to come by; rare
不可抗力 - force majeure; act of God, beyond human control
不可收拾 - unmanageable, out of hand, hopeless
不可救藥 - incurable; beyond cure; hopeless
不可磨滅 - indelible
不可終日 - be unable to carry on even for a single day; be in a desperate situation
不可缺少 - absolutely necessary; indispensable; essential
不可能的事 - impossibility
不可侵犯權 - inviolability
不可勝數 - countless; innumerable
不可名狀 - beyond description; indescribable
必不可少 - absolutely necessary; indispensable; essential
必不可少組成 - absolute necessity; sine qua non
不可再生的 - non-renewable
不可再生的能源 - non-renewable energy source
不可壓縮的 - incompressible
不可混溶的 - immiscible
不可溶的 - insoluble
財產不可侵犯 - [n] inviolability of property
不可更新資源 - non-renewable resources
人不可以貌相 - don't judge a book by its cover
不可回避 - must be addressed
功不可沒 - meritorious works
機不可失 - can't afford to lose the opportunity; not let the opportunity slip through one's fingers
無可無不可 - not care one way or another
人不可貌相 - don't judge a book by its cover
缺一不可 - none is dispensable
不可思議 - beyond one's wildest imagination
不可少 - absolutely necessary; indispensable; essential
此風不可長 - such trends should not be encouraged (lit., "these winds must not grow")
未嘗不可 - why not
樂不可支 - overjoyed; to be overwhelmed with joy
天機不可泄漏 - mysteries of heaven must not be revealed
可一不可再 - a one time opportunity; one only has one chance; once and never again
不可讓路眼 - must not be seen (lit., "cannot be yielded to eyes")
愚不可及 - incredibly foolish; couldn\'t be anymore stupid than
妙不可言 - indescribably wonderful, brilliant, extraordinary
防人之心不可無 - people should always be on guard against those set on harming them
不可理喻 - won't listen to reason
不可告人的事 - sth. shameful and secret
非得...不可 - to absolutely have to do sth.
天機不可洩漏 - not be able to confide a secret
可望而不可及 - unattainable; inaccessible
不可知論 - agnosticism
不可知論的 - agnostic
不可知論嘅 - agnostic
不可或缺 - indispensable; essential; necessary
魚與熊掌,不可兼得 - have to choose between one or the other (because you can't have both)
可遇不可求 - fortuitous
神聖不可侵犯 - sacred and inviolable
Common Formations:
不可戰勝的 - invincible
不可侵犯 - inviolable; inviolability
不可避免 - unavoidably
幾乎不可能 - almost impossible
不可再生資源 - non-renewable resources

Showing 1 example containing 不可
detail 不可一世份人真係大鼻
He thinks he's the best in the world... he's really arrogant.
[second half: he personality really arrogant.]
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