不夠 [－够]

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Pinyin bù gòu

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. not enough
  2. insufficient
  3. inadequate
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to be insufficient; to be lacking; to not be enough
    (syn.) 不足, 阙乏, 乏达, 不敷, 亏, 虧, 不滿, 短缺, 匱乏, 缺乏, 闕乏, 阙如, 短少, 缺如, 缺欠, 欠缺, 闕如, 絕乏, 缺少, 缺缺, 乏達, 欠, 绝乏, 匮乏, 不满
    • 人手不夠。
      人手不够。
      rén shǒu bù gòu ．
      There is a lack of staff.
    • 這道菜不夠火候。
      这道菜不够火候。
      zhè dào cài bù gòu huǒ hòu ．
      This dish is undercooked.
  2. adv
    not enough; not sufficiently
    (syn.) 无够, 無夠
    • 檢查不夠嚴格。
      检查不够严格。
      jiǎn chá bù gòu yán gé ．
      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。
      我不赞同这位同学的观点，至少他的观点不够全面。
      wǒ bù zàn tóng zhè wèi tóng xué de guān diǎn ， zhì shào tā de guān diǎn bù gòu quán miàn ．
      I don't agree with this student's point of view — at the very least, his point of view is not comprehensive enough.
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 二级词汇表 #32
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我不够钱去旅行。
    我不夠錢去旅行。
    wǒ bù gòu qián qù lǚ xíng 。
    • I am short of money for my trip.
    • I don't have enough money for my trip.
  2. Mandarin
    我法语说得不够好！
    我法語説得不夠好！
    wǒ fǎ yǔ shuō dé bù gòu hǎo ！
    • I don't speak French well enough!
  3. Mandarin
    问题是我们不够钱。
    問題是我們不夠錢。
    wèn tí shì wǒ men bù gòu qián 。
    • The trouble is that we are short of money.
    • The problem is in that we don't have enough money.
  4. Mandarin
    人数不够啊！
    人數不夠啊！
    rén shù bù gòu a ！
    • There aren't enough people!
  5. Mandarin
    这把刀不够锋利。
    這把刀不夠鋒利。
    zhè bǎ dāo bù gòu fēng lì 。
    • This knife won't cut well.
    • This knife is not sharp enough.
    • This knife isn't sharp enough.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    张女士投诉称，因为家里一台一匹分体空调不制冷，以为是雪种不够了，就花了100元加雪种，但是两天之后又不制冷了。
    張女士投訴稱，因為家裏一台一匹分體空調不製冷，以為是雪種不夠了，就花了100元加雪種，但是兩天之後又不製冷了。
    zhāng nǚ shì tóu sù chēng ， yīn wèi jiā lǐ yī tái yī pǐ fēn tǐ kōng diào bù zhì lěng ， yǐ wèi shì xuě zhǒng bù gòu le ， jiù huā le １００ yuán jiā xuě zhǒng ， dàn shì liǎng tiān zhī hòu yòu bù zhì lěng le ．
    • Ms. Zhang filed a complaint, saying that because her house's one-horsepower split air conditioner was not blowing cold air, she thought there were not enough freons. She spent 100 yuan to add freons, but two days later it was not blowing cold air again.
  2. Mandarin
    我的钱不够。
    我的錢不夠。
    wǒ de qián bù gòu ．
    • I don't have enough money.
  3. Mandarin
    检查不够严格。
    檢查不夠嚴格。
    jiǎn chá bù gòu yán gé ．
    • The inspection was not sufficiently rigorous.
  4. Mandarin
    我不赞同这位同学的观点，至少他的观点不够全面。
    我不贊同這位同學的觀點，至少他的觀點不夠全面。
    wǒ bù zàn tóng zhè wèi tóng xué de guān diǎn ， zhì shào tā de guān diǎn bù gòu quán miàn ．
    • I don't agree with this student's point of view — at the very least, his point of view is not comprehensive enough.
  5. Mandarin
    人手不够。
    人手不夠。
    rén shǒu bù gòu ．
    • There is a lack of staff.