不够
bù gòuㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄡˋ
Sino-Vietnamese: BẤT CẤU
Traditional: 不夠
HSK 3.0 · 4
Meaning(adjective)
not enough; insufficient; inadequate
不够 + adjective = not … enough: 不够好, 不够努力.
Examples
钱不够,我们少买一点吧。
qián bú gòu, wǒ men shǎo mǎi yì diǎn ba.
We don't have enough money—let's buy less.
时间不够了,快点写。
shí jiān bú gòu le, kuài diǎn xiě.
We're running out of time—write faster.
这件衣服不够大。
zhè jiàn yī fu bú gòu dà.
This piece of clothing isn't big enough.
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Stroke order
BẤT · 4 strokes
no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
CẤU · 11 strokes
enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out
Related words
- 不 bù — no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 对不起 duì bu qǐ — I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
- 不客气 bù kè qi — you're welcome; don't mention it; impolite; rude; blunt
- 不过 bù guò — only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- 不管 bù guǎn — not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter
- 不仅 bù jǐn — not just; not limited to; (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...)
- 不得不 bù dé bù — have no choice or option but to; cannot but; have to; can't help it; can't avoid
- 差不多 chà bu duō — almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad