不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
不由得
bùyóude
cannot help; involuntarily
Characters in this word
由 yóu
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 田 — field, farm, arable land
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
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
- 看到孩子的笑脸，她不由得笑了起来。 Kàndào háizi de xiàoliǎn, tā bùyóude xiào le qǐlái. Seeing the child's smiling face, she could not help smiling too.
- 听到这个好消息，大家不由得欢呼起来。 Tīngdào zhège hǎo xiāoxi, dàjiā bùyóude huānhū qǐlái. Hearing the good news, everyone couldn't help cheering.
- 走进老家的厨房，我不由得想起了奶奶。 Zǒujìn lǎojiā de chúfáng, wǒ bùyóude xiǎngqǐ le nǎinai. Walking into the kitchen of my old home, I could not help thinking of Grandma.