Read Edit View history 不得 bùdébude cannot Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 不得 bùdé frequency cannot verb cannot; to be unable to; often used in set phrases like 不得而知 bùdé'érzhī 为什么我的心中不得安宁？ wèishénme wǒde xīnzhōng bùdé ānníng? Why is there no peace in my heart? must not must not; may not; not allowed to to not obtain (bound form) to not obtain; to fail to get; to not receive to not be [verbed] (archaic) to not be [done by someone], used to indicate the passive voice 不得 bude [potential] adverb Used after a verb or adjective to express that something is impossible or not permitted. Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 10.7 per million appears in 5% of films Written text 83.3 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
不得 bùdé frequency cannot verb cannot; to be unable to; often used in set phrases like 不得而知 bùdé'érzhī 为什么我的心中不得安宁？ wèishénme wǒde xīnzhōng bùdé ānníng? Why is there no peace in my heart? must not must not; may not; not allowed to to not obtain (bound form) to not obtain; to fail to get; to not receive to not be [verbed] (archaic) to not be [done by someone], used to indicate the passive voice 不得 bude [potential] adverb Used after a verb or adjective to express that something is impossible or not permitted. Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 10.7 per million appears in 5% of films Written text 83.3 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)