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不得不

bùdébù
HSK 3.0 · Level 3HSK 2.0 · Level 4

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

  1. (adv.) have no choice but to

Stroke order

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
bù
not; no
Words with 不
不不大不对不用不客气对不起是不是不错
得
de
(particle) complement marker
Words with 得
得到记得觉得得得出懂得取得得分