Read Edit View history 不能 bùnéng cannot Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 不能 bùnéng cannot auxiliary To be unable to; to be incapable of doing something due to external circumstances or lack of ability 我几乎连头都不能动。 wǒ jīhū lián tóu dōu bùnéng dòng. I can barely move my head. must not auxiliary To be forbidden from; used to indicate that something is not allowed or should not be done. 有一条线你不能越过。 yǒu yī tiáo xiàn nǐ bùnéng yuè guò. There is a line you can’t cross. not reach To be less than or fall short of a certain amount or extent. the unskilled (literary) People with little talent or ability. Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 268.9 per million appears in 68% of films Written text 557.3 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
不能 bùnéng cannot auxiliary To be unable to; to be incapable of doing something due to external circumstances or lack of ability 我几乎连头都不能动。 wǒ jīhū lián tóu dōu bùnéng dòng. I can barely move my head. must not auxiliary To be forbidden from; used to indicate that something is not allowed or should not be done. 有一条线你不能越过。 yǒu yī tiáo xiàn nǐ bùnéng yuè guò. There is a line you can’t cross. not reach To be less than or fall short of a certain amount or extent. the unskilled (literary) People with little talent or ability. Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 268.9 per million appears in 68% of films Written text 557.3 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)