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Won't do in Chinese

won't do · HSK 3

不行 bù xíng

  1. 不 bù not
  2. 行 xíng to walk

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Other ways to say won't do

More words with 不 or 行

How do you say won't do in Chinese?

Won't do in Chinese is 不行 (bù xíng). You can also say 不成 (bù chéng).

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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