<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:epub="http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops"> <head> <title></title> <link href="../Styles/main.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"/> </head> <body> Expressing "no" (noun) "to" (verb) with "wu... ke..." (Redirected from ASGBA782) This article is a stub. Editors can help the Chinese Grammar Wiki by expanding it. This pattern is formal and has sort of a classical feel to it. It's a more condensed form of "没有 [Noun] 可以 [Verb]." 无 (wú) means "to not have" (same as 没有), and 可 can stand in for 可以. This pattern is useful when you want to express that a person is unable to perform the verb because the noun/object is not present. Structure 无 +Noun + 可 + Verb Sources and further reading Books Anything Goes (无所不谈) (pp. 107) →buy </body> </html>