HSK 7–9 vocabularyHSK 3.0

不得已

bùdéyǐ

must

HSK 7–9
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Meaning of 不得已 in English

bùdéyǐHSK 7–9adjectiveSyllabus #5725
  1. must
  2. to act against one's will
  3. to have no alternative but to
  4. to have to
  5. to have no choice

Characters

不 on its own →
bù · no; not so

HSK words with 不

不HSK 1不要HSK 1不客气HSK 1对不起HSK 1不错HSK 2不好意思HSK 2不但HSK 3不见HSK 3不用HSK 3不同HSK 3
得 on its own →
de · structural particle: used after a verb (

HSK words with 得

觉得HSK 1得HSK 2记得HSK 2得到HSK 3得分HSK 3懂得HSK 3认得HSK 3得意HSK 4获得HSK 4取得HSK 4
已 on its own →
yǐ · already

HSK words with 已

已经HSK 2已HSK 4早已HSK 5不已HSK 6而已HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences