# 巴不得 (bābude)

In Mandarin Chinese, 巴不得 (bābude) means “(coll) to be eager to”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: (coll) to be eager to
- Pinyin: bābude (ba1 bu5 de5)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 他巴不得假期马上开始。
  Tā bābude jiàqī mǎshàng kāishǐ.
  He is eager for the holiday to start right away.

## Characters

- 巴 (bā): to long for; to wish
- [不](https://hanziro.com/word/bu-not/) (bù): not; no
- [得](https://hanziro.com/word/de-complement-marker/) (de): (particle) complement marker

https://hanziro.com/word/ba-bu-de-be-eager/

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