不由得 bùyóude▶ ช่วยไม่ได้

Stroke order

不由得 is written in 20 strokes across 3 characters.

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

Senses

1. can't help
2. cannot but

Related words

• 不免หลีกเลี่ยงไม่ได้
• 不堪ทนไม่ไหว, ทนไม่ได้
• 不妨น่าจะดีกว่า, ทำไปเลยดีกว่า
• 不惜ไม่ละเว้น; ไม่ลังเล
• 不愧มีค่า, คู่ควร
• 不料อย่างไม่คาดคิด

不由得 is pronounced bùyóude and means “ช่วยไม่ได้”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 不由得 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.