WordTaiwan frequency #17,660
措手不及
ㄘㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ
“caught off guard; unprepared to respond because something happened too suddenly”
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措
ㄘㄨㄛˋ
to handle; to arrange; to put in place; to manage; to take action; to plan; to discard; to stab
手
ㄕㄡˇ
Hand; person skilled in a certain type of work; person engaged in certain work; classifier for skill; personal; convenient.
不
ㄅㄨˋ
Function word; no; not; un-; negative prefix; used to form questions or emphasize a statement; sometimes used for rhythm.
及
ㄐㄧˊ
To reach; to catch up to; to be equal to; to involve; and; to extend to.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 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
- 以及ㄧˇ ㄐㄧˊand; as well as; used to connect parallel words or phrases.
- 不要ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄠˋdon't; must not; used to tell someone not to do something; a polite way to advise against an action.
- 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 …'
- 不再ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄞˋno longer; not anymore; not again; not continuing; not repeating
- 不但ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄢˋnot only; used to introduce a first point before adding a stronger or more surprising one.
- 不可ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇcannot; must not; should not; impossible; not allowed.