不可能

bù kěnéng
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 impossible
  2. 2 cannot possibly

Examples

HSK 1
Zhè bù kěnéng!
That's impossible!
HSK 3
Tā zuótiān yìzhí zài Běijīng, bù kěnéng lái guo Shànghǎi.
He was in Beijing all day yesterday, so he can't have been in Shanghai.

Tips

grammar
As an adjective it often takes 是…的: 这是不可能的 'that's impossible'. Before a verb it means 'can't possibly': 他不可能来 'there's no way he's coming'. To say 'unlikely', soften it to 不太可能.

Stroke Order

不 bù
可 kě
能 néng