tā búhuì zhuǎnzhàng.

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Breakdown of tā búhuì zhuǎnzhàng.

• 转账zhuǎnzhàng: to transfer money
• 不会búhuì: to not know how to; will not

Questions & Answers about tā búhuì zhuǎnzhàng.

Why is 不 pronounced bú in 不会 instead of bù?

This is a very common Mandarin tone change rule.

不 is normally fourth tone: bù.
But when 不 comes before another fourth-tone syllable, it changes to second tone.

• 不
  • 会
• 会 is fourth tone: huì
• So 不 becomes bú

That is why you say búhuì, not bùhuì.

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What does 会 mean here?

In this sentence, 会 means to know how to or to be able to because of having learned a skill.

So 不会转账 means:

• he doesn’t know how to transfer money
• he can’t do a bank transfer because he lacks the know-how

This is different from some other meanings of 会, such as:

• will in the future: 他会来 = he will come
• be likely to: 会下雨 = it may rain / it’s likely to rain

Here, because 会 is followed by the action 转账, it most naturally means know how to do.

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