WordTaiwan frequency #27,306
欲罷不能
ㄩˋ ㄅㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ
“wanting to stop but unable to; unable to bring oneself to quit; carried away and can't stop”
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欲
ㄩˋ
To want; to desire; to wish for; to intend; appetite; passion; lust; greed.
罷
ㄅㄚˋ
To stop or cease; to dismiss or remove; to quit or finish; used as a final particle, similar to 吧.
不
ㄅㄨˋ
Function word; no; not; un-; negative prefix; used to form questions or emphasize a statement; sometimes used for rhythm.
能
ㄋㄥˊ
to be able to; capability; can; energy; to have the strength or ability to do something; a surname
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 可能ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊpossible; might happen; maybe; perhaps; possibility; probability.
- 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.
- 能夠ㄋㄥˊ ㄍㄡˋto be able to; to be capable of; can; may.
- 能力ㄋㄥˊ ㄌㄧˋcapability; ability; competence; legal capacity to exercise rights or fulfill obligations; latent potential that can be developed through learning or stimulation.
- 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