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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiànjiā
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciànjia
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien⁴-chia¹
  - Yale: chyàn-jyā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiannjia
  - Palladius: цяньцзя (cjanʹczja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: him³ gaai¹
  - Yale: him gāai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: him³ gaai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: him³ gai¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːm³³ kaːi̯⁵⁵/

Adjective

欠佳

not good enough; not satisfactory; subpar

Synonyms

不善 (bùshàn)
不好
不妙 (bùmiào)
不怎麼樣／不怎么样 (bùzěnmeyàng)
不濟／不济 (bùjì)
不腆 (bùtiǎn) (Classical Chinese, self-deprecatory)
了丁 (Min Nan)
低下 (dīxià)
低劣 (dīliè)
低路 (Min Nan)
劣 (literary, or in compounds)
垃圾 (lājī) (colloquial)
屎 (Cantonese)
差 (chà)
差勁／差劲 (chàjìn) (colloquial)
差氣／差气 (Hokkien)
拙劣 (zhuōliè)
推扳 (¹the-pe) (Shanghainese)
梢跤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
梢跤軟蹄／梢跤软蹄 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
梢蹬 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
水皮 (seoi² pei⁴) (Cantonese)
潮 (cháo) (colloquial, of quality or technique)
無良／无良 (wúliáng) (formal)
破 (pò) (colloquial)
跤梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
蹩腳／蹩脚 (biéjiǎo)
鄙劣 (bǐliè) (literary)

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