舍不得

舍不得 shěbude in a sentence

To hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudge†

Full dictionary entry HSK 5 3 sentences

舍不得 (shěbude) means To hate to do sth, to hate to part with, to begrudge †. Below are 3 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

他 舍不得 离开这个城市。

Tā shěbude líkāi zhège chéngshì.

He hates to leave this city.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 舍不得

妈妈 舍不得 扔掉这件旧衣服。

Māma shěbude rēng diào zhè jiàn jiù yīfu.

Mother cannot bear to throw out this old piece of clothing.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 舍不得

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From the graded readers

朋友说我太 舍不得 东西了。

péngyou shuō wǒ tài shě / shè bùdé dōngxī le / liǎo / liào.

My friend says I'm too attached to things.

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Questions about 舍不得

How is 舍不得 used in a sentence?

This page shows 3 sentences using 舍不得 (shěbude, "To hate to do sth, to hate to part with, to begrudge †"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 舍不得 an HSK word?

Yes — 舍不得 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.

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The dictionary page for 舍不得 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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