不成

bù chéng

HSK level: HSK 6

Meaning

won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?

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Characters

不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix一成chéngto accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed丁戈

Examples

汤姆说他做不成我们要他做的事。

Tāng mǔ shuō tā zuò bù chéng wǒ men yào tā zuò de shì.

Tom said he wouldn't be able to do what we asked him to do.