We have to think about it.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
不能不
have to
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
have to
02
cannot but
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 不能不 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 不能不 appears in 6 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
A passport is something you cannot do without when you go to a foreign country.
Her parents can't help worrying about her injuries.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 不能不.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 不能不.
Directly before
- 我们不能不2
- 旅行不能不1
- 父母不能不1
- 我不能不1
- 也不能不1
Directly after
- 不能不借鉴2
- 不能不去1
- 不能不带1
- 不能不担心1
- 不能不战而降1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 不能不
What does 不能不 mean in Chinese?
不能不 (bùnéngbù) means have to.
How do you pronounce 不能不?
不能不 is pronounced bùnéngbù.
Is 不能不 an HSK word?
不能不 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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