不得不 bùdébù have to

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Stroke order

不得不 is written in 19 strokes across 3 characters.

不得不 — the Chinese character for have to (bùdébù), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 不得不 — have to

不 — 4 strokes
得 — 11 strokes
不 — 4 strokes

Senses

have no choice or option but to
cannot but
have to
can't help it
can't avoid

Characters in 不得不

不 bù — no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
得 dé — to obtain; to get; to gain
不 bù — no; not so; (bound form) not; un-

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Example sentences

下雨了，我们不得不回家。Xià yǔ le, wǒmen bùdébù huí jiā.It rained, so we had to go home.
他不得不重新做一次。Tā bùdébù chóngxīn zuò yí cì.He had to do it over again.

Related words

不得不 is pronounced bùdébù and means “have to”.

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