不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
不得不
bùdébù
to have to
Characters in this word
得 dé
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 彳 — to step with the left foot
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我不得不走。 Wǒ bù dé bù zǒu. I must leave.
- 他不得不说。 Tā bù dé bù shuō. He has to say it.
- 你不得不听。 Nǐ bù dé bù tīng. You have to listen.