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)⁺
  - 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

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

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

insufficient; lacking; not enough

Adverb

不夠

not enough; not sufficiently

Synonyms

(Min Nan) 無夠／无够

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