欠佳

欠佳

Chinese

		deficient; owe; to lack deficient; owe; to lack; yawn	excellent
simp. and trad. (欠佳)		欠	佳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiànjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): him³ gaai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiànjiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiannjia
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciànjia
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien4-chia1
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰjɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕjä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: him³ gaai¹
    • Yale: him gāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: him³ gaai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: him³ gai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːm³³ käːi̯⁵⁵/

Adjective

欠佳

1. not good enough; not satisfactory; subpar

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 欠佳

不善 (bùshàn) 不好 (bùhǎo) 不妙 (bùmiào) 不腆 (bùtiǎn) (Classical Chinese, self-depreciatory) 了丁 (Min Nan) 低下 (dīxià) 低劣 (dīliè) 低路 (Min Nan) 劣 (liè) (literary, or in compounds) 垃圾 (lājī) (colloquial) 屎 (Cantonese) 差 (chà)

拙劣 (zhuōliè) 水皮 (shuǐpí) (Cantonese) 潮 (cháo) (colloquial, of quality or technique) 破 (pò) (colloquial) 鄙劣 (bǐliè) (literary) 不怎麼樣／不怎么样 (bùzěnmeyàng) 不濟／不济 (bùjì) 差勁／差劲 (chàjìn) (colloquial) 差氣／差气 (Min Nan) 無良／无良 (wúliáng) (formal) 蹩腳／蹩脚 (biéjiǎo)