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title: "Buyoude Meaning: 不由得 (bùyóude) Means “cannot help”"
description: "不由得 (bùyóude) means “cannot help; cannot but”. Hear its tones and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/buyoude"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
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# What does 不由得 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

不由得 bùyóude

## cannot help; cannot but

## It can also mean

- to leave no choice

## Its characters

1. 得 de (particle) links a verb or adjective to a complement of degree or result

## In a sentence

听到这首歌，她不由得哭了。 Hearing this song, she couldn't help crying.

然而有一天，他坐在热闹的猴子们中间，忽然想到了一件事，心里**不由得**担心起来：再快乐的日子，难道能一直过下去吗？

From [美猴王 · The Handsome Monkey King](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/monkey-king-born-journey-to-the-west-intermediate-chinese-1#library-word-981-984)

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## More words with 不 or 由 or 得

- [必不可少 bìbùkěshǎo](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bibukeshao)
- [不安 bù’ān](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/buan)
- [不必 bùbì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bubi)
- [不便 bùbiàn](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bubian)
- [不曾 bùcéng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/buceng)
- [不成 bùchéng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bucheng)
- [不错 bùcuò](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bucuo)
- [不但 bùdàn](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/budan)
- [不当 bùdàng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/budang)
- [不得 bùdé](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bude)

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