cannot in Mandarin

You can remember the meaning of 不可 with this easy mnemonic:

The local park is having a wasp epidemic and now the gate has a sign saying "CANNOT ENTER". Go exercise in the park? No (不) can (可) do!

Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like can have an enormous impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

• 可
• 不

• 用不着
• 不论
• 不在乎
• 永不
• 大不了
• 不幸
• 可恶
• 不得不
• 不赖
• 决不
• 不好意思
• 是不是
• 可悲
• 不妙
• 可爱
• 说不定

The reading of 不可 is bù kě.

You can remember how to say 不可 with this useful mnemonic:

The bumble (bù) bees will be wiped out in the extermination. Can (kě) you imagine? Wish there is a more clever way.

Using mnemonics to remember the reading of Chinese vocabulary like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

Learning vocabulary like cannot and the rest of the Mandarin written language can take as little as one year, or as long as a lifetime. Our Mandarin language learners find that using helpful mnemonics can aid retention of Chinese Mandarin vocabulary and characters.

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