行不行

Would that be okay?, No way; that’s not acceptable.

→ 行
phrase Common #4,776
Would that be okay? Used to ask whether something is possible or acceptable, or to seek agreement; it can sound impatient depending on tone.
CH: 你相信我一次行不行?
EN: Would you trust me just this once?

不上班行不行?

Can I not go to work?

— 喜剧之王 (1999)

这个行不行?

Will this work?

— 虎胆龙威 (1988)

行不行导演?

Will it work, director?

— 喜剧之王 (1999)

别说了行不行

Can you stop talking?

— 空房间 (2004)

你这样行不行

Can you do it like this?

— Hi, Mom (2021)

你相信我一次行不行?

Could you trust me just this once?

— 英雄本色 (1986)

看看行不行

See if it works.

— 世界 (2004)

是行不行?

Sure, is that okay?

— 喜剧之王 (1999)

到底行不行啊

Can you do it or not?

— 阿基拉 (1988)

行不行啊?

Can you do it or not?

— 海角七号 (2008)

你快点行不行?

Could you hurry up?

— 一个都不能少 (1999)

约翰,荷莉…华特,别再提荷莉的事行不行?

John, Holly... Walter, can you stop bringing up Holly?

— 虎胆龙威 (1988)

行不行?

Is that okay?

— 无间道 (2002)

那你迁就我一下行不行?

Then could you indulge me a little?

— 喜剧之王 (1999)

我不知道行不行…

I don't know if it’ll work…

— 死亡录像 (2007)

龙少爷不要打行不行?

Young Master Long, could you please stop hitting me?

— 喜剧之王 (1999)

琛哥,这些货行不行?

Brother Chen, are these goods any good?

— 功夫 (2004)

我来应付公安行不行?

Let me handle the police, okay?

— 黑社会 (2005)

我看看行不行,只是看看

Let me see if it works—I'm just taking a look.

— 叶问 (2008)

你对我态度好点行不行?

Could you be a little nicer to me?

— 无间道 (2002)

你闭嘴行不行!

Will you shut up already!

— 放牛班的春天 (2004)

如果有办法的话你们快点行不行

If there's a way to do it, could you please hurry up?

— 几近成名 (2000)

可那里人一向都很多不知道行不行啊?

But it's always really crowded there. I don't know if it'll work.

— 密阳 (2007)

让我做一次我想做的事情行不行!

Can you just let me do something I want to do for once?!

— 空房间 (2004)

你先听我说完行不行呀?

Can you let me finish speaking first?

— 警察故事 (1985)

行不行

Is that okay?

— 雨水危机 (2011)

我说话的时候你能让他们闭嘴吗行不行

Could you get them to be quiet while I’m talking, please?

— 雨水危机 (2011)

那先给我们行不行?

Could you give it to us first?

— 喜剧之王 (1999)

phrase Rare #30,248
No way; that’s not acceptable. In this refusal formula, it appears as part of a repeated “不行不行” (“No, no”) to firmly reject something.
CH: 不行不行,这样做我不能接受。
EN: No, no—I can’t accept doing it this way.

不行不行…那可是后面的乐趣

No, no… that’s the fun part later.

— 未麻的部屋 (1998)

不行不行不行

No, no, no.

— 记忆中的玛妮 (2014)

不行不行,

No, no.

— 这个男人来自地球 (2007)

那些不行不行

Those are no good at all.

— 绝境盟约 (2023)