忍不住 rěn bu zhù — cannot help

Meanings

1. 1

   cannot help

   cannot help; unable to bear

   verb

Character breakdown

• 不

  bù (fourth tone, falling)

  not, no — the general negative, placed before verbs and adjectives

  4 strokesRadical 一
• 住

  zhù (fourth tone, falling)

  to live, to dwell, to stay; to stop, to halt; (as a verb complement) firmly, fast

  7 strokes⿰亻主Radical 人

Words containing 不

• 不bù (fourth tone, falling)not (negates verbs, adjectives and modal verbs)
• 不要bù (fourth tone, falling) yào (fourth tone, falling)don't!
• 不错/不錯bù (fourth tone, falling) cuò (fourth tone, falling)correct
• 不同bù (fourth tone, falling) tóng (second tone, rising)different
• 不断/不斷búduàn (second tone, rising)continuously, unceasingly
• 不过/不過búguò (second tone, rising)but, however (a lighter contrast than 但是)
• 不如bùrú (fourth tone, falling)to be not as good as; had better
• 不再bù (fourth tone, falling) zài (fourth tone, falling)no more
• 不用bù (fourth tone, falling) yòng (fourth tone, falling)need not
• 不少bù (fourth tone, falling) shǎo (third tone, dipping)many
• 不但búdàn (second tone, rising)not only … (but also)
• 差不多chàbuduō (fourth tone, falling)about the same, close enough, not much different
• 不然bùrán (fourth tone, falling)otherwise, or else
• 不管bùguǎn (fourth tone, falling)no matter (what/how…), regardless of
• 不足bùzú (fourth tone, falling)insufficient, inadequate; a shortcoming
• 不够/不夠bù (fourth tone, falling) gòu (fourth tone, falling)not enough
• 不行bù (fourth tone, falling) xíng (second tone, rising)won't do
• 不仅/不僅bù (fourth tone, falling) jǐn (third tone, dipping)not only (this one)

Words containing 住

• 住zhù (fourth tone, falling)to live, to reside
• 抓住zhuā (first tone, high and level) zhù (fourth tone, falling)to grab hold of; to capture
• 记住/記住jì (fourth tone, falling) zhu (neutral tone)to remember
• 居住jū (first tone, high and level) zhù (fourth tone, falling)to reside
• 住院zhù (fourth tone, falling) yuàn (fourth tone, falling)to be in hospital
• 住宅zhù (fourth tone, falling) zhái (second tone, rising)residence
• 住房zhù (fourth tone, falling) fáng (second tone, rising)housing
• 住处/住處zhù (fourth tone, falling) chù (fourth tone, falling)residence; dwelling
• 住宿zhù (fourth tone, falling) sù (fourth tone, falling)to stay at
• 住户/住戶zhù (fourth tone, falling) hù (fourth tone, falling)household
• 站住zhàn (fourth tone, falling) zhù (fourth tone, falling)to stand
• 住址zhù (fourth tone, falling) zhǐ (third tone, dipping)address
• 禁不住jīn (first tone, high and level) bu (neutral tone) zhù (fourth tone, falling)can't help it
• 衣食住行yī (first tone, high and level) shí (second tone, rising) zhù (fourth tone, falling) xíng (second tone, rising)clothing, food, housing and transport (idiom); people's basic needs