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不成

bù chéng

HSK 3.0 · 6

bù chéng · bat1 sing4 (Jyutping)

  1. won't do
  2. unable to
  3. (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?

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Character breakdown

不

Meaning
no, not; un-; negative prefix
Radical
一
Strokes
4
Components
⿱一?
Cangjie
MF
Four-corner
1090.0

成

Meaning
completed, finished, fixed
Radical
戈
Strokes
6
Components
⿰丁戈
Cangjie
IHS
Four-corner
5320.0

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