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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùgòu [Phonetic: búgòu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùgòu
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-kou⁴
  - Yale: bù-gòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bugow
  - Palladius: бугоу (bugou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ koʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ gau³
  - Yale: bāt gau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ gau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ geo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kɐu̯³³/

Verb

不夠

to be insufficient; to be lacking; to not be enough
人手不夠。／人手不够。 ― Rénshǒu bùgòu. ― There is a lack of staff.

這道菜不夠火候。 [MSC, trad.]
这道菜不够火候。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhè dào cài bùgòu huǒhòu. [Pinyin]
This dish is undercooked.

這空兒不夠，放不下洗衣機。 [MSC, trad.]
这空儿不够，放不下洗衣机。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhèi kòngr bùgòu, fàng bùxià xǐyījī. [Pinyin]
This space is not enough to put a washing machine in.

Synonyms

不敷 (bùfū) (literary)
不滿／不满 (bùmǎn)
不足 (bùzú)
乏達／乏达 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
匱乏／匮乏 (kuìfá)
欠 (qiàn)
欠缺 (qiànquē)
短少 (duǎnshǎo)
短缺 (duǎnquē)
絕乏／绝乏 (juéfá) (literary)
缺乏 (quēfá)
缺如 (quērú) (literary)
缺少 (quēshǎo)
缺欠 (quēqiàn)
缺缺 (Xiamen Hokkien)
虧／亏 (kuī)
貧／贫 (pín) (literary, or in compounds)
闕乏／阙乏 (quēfá) (literary)
闕如／阙如 (quērú) (literary)

Adverb

不夠

not enough; not sufficiently
檢查不夠嚴格。／检查不够严格。 ― Jiǎnchá bùgòu yángé. ― The inspection was not sufficiently rigorous.

我不贊同這位同學的觀點，至少他的觀點不夠全面。 [MSC, trad.]
我不赞同这位同学的观点，至少他的观点不够全面。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ bù zàntóng zhè wèi tóngxué de guāndiǎn, zhìshào tā de guāndiǎn bùgòu quánmiàn. [Pinyin]
I don't agree with this student's point of view — at the very least, his point of view is not comprehensive enough.

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 無夠／无够

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