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不行

不行

Chinese

not; no; (negative prefix)
 
to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; okay; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behavior; conduct; a row; profession; professional
simp. and trad.
(不行)

Adjective

不行

  1. unacceptable; out of the question
    不行 / 不行   Lǎo Wáng a, zhè kě bùxíng!   Old Wang, this won't do!
  2. no good; poor; incapable; incompetent

Verb

不行

  1. (euphemistic) to die
  2. (archaic) to not implement; to not put into practice; to not practice

Adverb

不行

  1. awfully; a lot; terribly
    喜歡不行 / 喜欢不行   xǐhuān de bùxíng   to like a lot
    不行 / 不行   lǎn de bùxíng   terribly lazy

Usage notes

When used as an adverb, 不行 must be placed after (de).