Cannot in Chinese
cannot · HSK 4
无法
- 无 not have
- 法 law
我无法相信这是真的。 I can't believe this is true.
Other ways to say cannot
More words with 无 or 法
How do you say cannot in Chinese?
Cannot in Chinese is 无法 (wú fǎ). You can also say 不 (bù), 不得 (bù dé).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.