# 不得不 (bùdébù)

In Mandarin Chinese, 不得不 (bùdébù) means “(adv.) have no choice but to”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: (adv.) have no choice but to
- Pinyin: bùdébù (bu4 de2 bu4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3
- HSK 2.0 · Level 4

## Examples

- 因为下大雨，我们不得不留在家里。
  Yīnwèi xià dàyǔ, wǒmen bùdébù liú zài jiālǐ.
  Because of the heavy rain, we had to stay at home.

## Characters

- [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/bu-de-bu-have-no-choice/

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