# 格格不入 (gégébùrù)

In Mandarin Chinese, 格格不入 (gégébùrù) means “out of place; incompatible”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: out of place; incompatible
- Pinyin: gégébùrù (ge2 ge2 bu4 ru4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他的打扮与晚会格格不入。
  Tā de dǎbàn yǔ wǎnhuì gégébùrù.
  His attire looked out of place at the party.

## Characters

- [格](https://hanziro.com/word/ge-grid/) (gé): grid; square
- [不](https://hanziro.com/word/bu-not/) (bù): not; no
- [入](https://hanziro.com/word/ru-enter/) (rù): to enter; to join

https://hanziro.com/word/ge-ge-bu-ru-out-place/

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