不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
不可思议
bùkěsīyì
unbelievable; inconceivable
Characters in this word
思 sī
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
议 yì
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 义 right conduct, propriety
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这个魔术太精彩了，简直不可思议。 Zhège móshù tài jīngcǎi le, jiǎnzhí bùkěsīyì. This magic trick is so brilliant, it is simply unbelievable.
- 一个三岁的孩子竟然会弹这么难的曲子，真不可思议。 Yí ge sān suì de háizi jìngrán huì tán zhème nán de qǔzi, zhēn bùkěsīyì. It is unbelievable that a three-year-old can play such a difficult piece.
- 他一晚上就记住了五百个单词，这太不可思议了。 Tā yì wǎnshang jiù jìzhù le wǔbǎi ge dāncí, zhè tài bùkěsīyì le. He memorised five hundred words in a single night, which is just incredible.