不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
不禁
bùjīn
cannot help but, cannot refrain from
Characters in this word
禁 jìn
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 示 — altar
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 看到孩子把自己的零花钱捐出来，老师不禁红了眼眶。 Kàndào háizi bǎ zìjǐ de línghuāqián juān chūlái, lǎoshī bùjīn hóng le yǎnkuàng. Seeing the child donate his own pocket money, the teacher could not help getting teary-eyed.
- 听到熟悉的歌声，我不禁笑了起来。 Tīngdào shúxī de gēshēng, wǒ bùjīn xiào le qǐlái. Hearing a familiar song, I couldn't help smiling.
- 看着窗外的雪景，她不禁想起了小时候。 Kànzhe chuāngwài de xuějǐng, tā bùjīn xiǎngqǐ le xiǎoshíhou. Looking at the snowy scene outside the window, she couldn't help thinking of her childhood.