How to Say ‘Can't drive in’ in Simplified Chinese
开不进去
kāi bù jìn qù
[kāi boo jìnqù]
💬 Usage Tip: Putting 不 in the middle of a movement word means "can't manage to": 开不进去 "can't drive in", 进不去 "can't get in". Put 得 there instead and it means "can": 开得进去.
Phrase Breakdown
开
kāi
[kāi]
to drive
Used for driving or operating a vehicle.
请开慢一点。
Please drive a bit slower.
不
bù
[boo]
not; cannot
Placed between a verb and result to show inability, like not being able to do something successfully.
这里太吵了，我听不清你的名字。
It’s too noisy here; I can’t hear your name clearly.
进去
jìn qù
[jìnqù]
to go in; to enter
Move from outside to inside, away from the speaker.
你先进去吧。
You go in first.
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