不由得 bùyóude Cannot help

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Stroke order

不由得 is written in 20 strokes across 3 characters.

不由得 — the Chinese character for Cannot help (bùyóude), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 不由得 — Cannot help

不 — 4 strokes
由 — 5 strokes
得 — 11 strokes

Senses

can't help
cannot but

Characters in 不由得

不 bù — no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
由 yóu — to follow; from; because of; due to
得 de — structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc

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

Related words

不由得 is pronounced bùyóude and means “Cannot help”.

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