无法
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)
无法 (wúfǎ) · unable to
无法 (wúfǎ) means “unable to; cannot”. It is written with 2 characters: 无 (no) + 法 (method). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 无法 is built
The characters
无 wú · no
What 无 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 尢yóu — weak
- 乚 — hook stroke
法 fǎ · method
What 法 is made of
- 氵shuǐ — water
- 去qù — to go away
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 厶sī — private
- 土tǔ — earth
Origin hint: The course 去 followed by a stream 氵 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我无法回答这个问题。Wǒ wúfǎ huídá zhè ge wèntí.I am unable to answer this question.
雨太大，我们无法出门。Yǔ tài dà, wǒmen wúfǎ chū mén.It's raining too hard for us to go out.
Questions about 无法
What does 无法 mean?
无法 (wúfǎ) means “unable to; cannot”.
How do you pronounce 无法?
无法 is pronounced wúfǎ.
Which HSK level is 无法?
无法 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021).
Related words
- 无聊wúliáobored
- 无论wúlùnno matter what
- 无数wúshùcountless
- 无所谓wúsuǒwèito not care
- 无限wúxiànunlimited
- 无奈wúnàito have no choice
- 毫无háowúnot at all
- 肆无忌惮sìwújìdànwithout any restraint
- 无比wúbǐincomparable
- 无偿wúchángfree of charge
Learn 无法 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 65: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.