bù​chéng HSK6

[unable to]

不成 bù//chéng
[unable to] particle
Used as a result after a verb to show that the action cannot be completed or that the goal cannot be reached.
won't do verb
to be unacceptable; to be no good; won't work
to fail
(bound form) to fail to happen; to not become something; to have no success or achievement
[rhetorical]
Used at the end of a sentence to add emphasis to a rhetorical question, often used together with 难道 nán​dào or 莫非 mò​fēi to mean "can it be that...?".

Frequency

Movie subtitles
1.79 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
23.5 per million

Details

HSK 3.0
Level 6

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