不行 - Mandarin word #255

不行

bùxíng

Traditional: 不行

HSK 2

#255 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

won't do, not okay, cannot

Stroke order

不

行

，。

That won't do, can't be like this.

。

This is not okay.

，。

No, I don't agree.

。

Things cannot go on like this.

，。

Not today, let us talk tomorrow.

不行 (bù xíng) means won't do, not okay, cannot. It is used as a other in everyday Mandarin speech.

必须

must, have to

不用

no need to, don't have to

可

may, can, to approve

要

to want; will; need to

应该

should, ought to, must

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

This word is part of lesson 6.