不得不

Pinyin: bùdébù

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

Example sentence

你有可能不得不那么做。

Nǐ yǒukěnéng bùdébù nàme zuò.

There's a possibility you'll have to do that.

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What 不得不 means

不得不 (bùdébù) is a Chinese word meaning “have no choice or option but to; cannot but; have to; can't help it”. It appears in the HSK 4 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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