WordTaiwan frequency #12,617
不由自主
ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄗˋ ㄓㄨˇ
“unable to control oneself; involuntarily; without meaning to; can't help it”
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不
ㄅㄨˋ
Function word; no; not; un-; negative prefix; used to form questions or emphasize a statement; sometimes used for rhythm.
由
ㄧㄡˊ
Indicates cause or reason; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; to follow; to obey; to allow; to let.
自
ㄗˋ
Self; oneself; private; personal; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course; surname.
主
ㄓㄨˇ
Owner; master; host; leader; main; the person concerned; God; Lord; to indicate or signify; trump card.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 自己ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇoneself; one's own; (Beijing dialect) intimate; close (of relationships)
- 不會ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋwill not; not going to; cannot; not able to; (Tw) don't mention it; not at all
- 不同ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊnot the same; different; distinct; not alike.
- 不過ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋonly; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway; cannot be more (after adjectives); extremely (after adjectives); unable to complete or bear (after verbs)
- 不能ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊcannot; must not; should not; unable to; less capable; inferior ability
- 不要ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄠˋdon't; must not; used to tell someone not to do something; a polite way to advise against an action.
- 主要ㄓㄨˇ ㄧㄠˋmain; principal; major; primary; most important
- 自然ㄗˋ ㄖㄢˊnature; the physical world and its phenomena; natural; not artificial or forced; naturally; of course; certainly
- 由於ㄧㄡˊ ㄩˊdue to; because of; owing to; since; as a result of; thanks to
- 不斷ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋcontinuously; without interruption; unceasingly; constantly; in a continuous manner
- 不少ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄠˇmany; quite a few; a good number of; not a small amount
- 不僅ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣˇnot only; not just; not limited to; used as a correlative conjunction meaning 'not only … but also …'