不行吗

is that not okay?

→ 不
phrase Uncommon #8,618
is that not okay? Often used as a challenging or defensive question, like “what’s wrong with that?”
CH: 我想晚点回家,不行吗?
EN: I want to come home later. Is that not okay?

既然你在忙说一声不行吗?

If you're busy, couldn't you at least let me know?

— 调音师 (2018)

因为是我所以不行吗

Is it not okay because it's me?

— 你的名字。 (2016)

我在担心朋友,不行吗?

I'm worried about my friend. Is that not okay?

— 铃芽之旅 (2022)

但是妈的我喜欢你不行吗

But damn it, I like you—what’s wrong with that?

— 看见恶魔 (2010)

不行吗

No?

— 为所应为 (1989)

师哥,我要让你跟我…不对就让我跟你好好唱一辈子戏不行吗?

Senior, I want to make you and me… No, I mean, just let me perform with you for the rest of our lives. Is that really too much to ask?

— 霸王别姬 (1993)

非听摇滚乐不行吗

Do you have to listen to rock music?

— 几近成名 (2000)

不行吗?

Is that not okay?

我就不行吗…

Can't I do it…?

— 空之境界 第五章 矛盾螺旋 (2008)

菜单上其他东西不行吗

Won't anything else on the menu do?

— 生吃 (2017)

不杀不行吗

Do we really have to kill him?

— 看见恶魔 (2010)

你不叫我王八蛋不行吗?

Do you have to call me a bastard?

— 落水狗 (1992)

但吃这个不行吗

But isn’t it okay to eat this?

— 巴霍巴利王:开端 (2015)

别这样了,我以后付钱不行吗

Come on, can I just pay you later?

— 怒火青春 (1995)

果然还是不行吗

So it still doesn't work after all?

— 你的名字。 (2016)