# 情不自禁 (qíngbùzìjīn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 情不自禁 (qíngbùzìjīn) means “cannot help (doing something)”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: cannot help (doing something)
- Pinyin: qíngbùzìjīn (qing2 bu4 zi4 jin1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 听到好消息，她情不自禁笑了。
  Tīngdào hǎo xiāoxi, tā qíngbùzìjīn xiàole.
  Hearing the good news, she couldn't help smiling.

## Characters

- [情](https://hanziro.com/word/qing-feeling/) (qíng): feeling; affection
- [不](https://hanziro.com/word/bu-not/) (bù): not; no
- [自](https://hanziro.com/word/zi-from/) (zì): from; since
- 禁 (jìn): to prohibit; to forbid

https://hanziro.com/word/qing-bu-zi-jin-cannot-help/

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