不像话/不像話 bù xiàng huà — unreasonable

Meanings

1. 1

   unreasonable

   unreasonable; shocking; outrageous

   adjective

Character breakdown

• 不

  bù (fourth tone, falling)

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

  4 strokesRadical 一
• 话/話

  huà (fourth tone, falling)

  speech, words, what is said; a language or dialect; to talk about

  8 strokes⿰讠舌Radical 言

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 话

• 话/話huà (fourth tone, falling)words, what someone says; speech
• 电话/電話diàn (fourth tone, falling) huà (fourth tone, falling)telephone
• 说话/說話shuōhuà (first tone, high and level)to talk, to speak
• 说实话/說實話shuō (first tone, high and level) shí (second tone, rising) huà (fourth tone, falling)to speak the truth
• 打电话/打電話dǎ (third tone, dipping) diànhuà (fourth tone, falling)to make a phone call
• 讲话/講話jiǎng (third tone, dipping) huà (fourth tone, falling)a speech
• 的话/的話de (neutral tone) huà (fourth tone, falling)if (coming after a conditional clause)
• 普通话/普通話pǔtōnghuà (third tone, dipping)Mandarin, standard spoken Chinese
• 话题/話題huà (fourth tone, falling) tí (second tone, rising)subject (of a talk or conversation)
• 一句话/一句話yī (first tone, high and level) jù (fourth tone, falling) huà (fourth tone, falling)in a word
• 谈话/談話tán (second tone, rising) huà (fourth tone, falling)to talk (with sb)
• 对话/對話duì (fourth tone, falling) huà (fourth tone, falling)dialog
• 实话/實話shí (second tone, rising) huà (fourth tone, falling)truth
• 笑话/笑話xiào (fourth tone, falling) huà (fourth tone, falling)joke
• 通话/通話tōng (first tone, high and level) huà (fourth tone, falling)to hold a conversation
• 神话/神話shén (second tone, rising) huà (fourth tone, falling)legend
• 童话/童話tóng (second tone, rising) huà (fourth tone, falling)children's fairy tales
• 废话/廢話fèi (fourth tone, falling) huà (fourth tone, falling)nonsense