不夠

不夠

See also: 不够

Chinese

		not; no	to reach; to be enough
trad. (不夠)		不	夠
simp. (不够)		不	够

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùgòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ gau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bùgòu [Phonetic: búgòu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄡˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bugow
    • IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ koʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ gau³
    • Yale: bāt gau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ gau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ geo³
    • IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kɐu̯³³/

Verb

不夠

1. to be insufficient; to be lacking; to not be enough

   這道菜不夠火候。 / 这道菜不够火候。  ―  Zhè dào cài bùgòu huǒhòu.  ―  This dish is undercooked.

Synonyms

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不敷 (bùfū) (literary) 不足 (bùzú) 乏達／乏达 (Min Nan) 匱乏／匮乏 (kuìfá) 欠缺 (qiànquē)

短缺 (duǎnquē) 缺乏 (quēfá) 缺少 (quēshǎo) 缺欠 (quēqiàn)

Adjective

不夠

1. insufficient; lacking; not enough

Adverb

不夠

1. not enough; not sufficiently

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 無夠／无够