chá​bu​chū​lai

to be unable to find out

  1. to check
    to check; to investigate; to examine; to look up (e.g. in a dictionary or reference)
  2. bu particle
    [potential]
    Used between a verb and its result to show that the action cannot achieve that result; used as the negative form of the de potential construction
  3. [completion]
    placed after a verb to show that an action is finished or that a result has been successfully achieved