趕不上 [赶－－]

Jyutping gon2 bat1 soeng5
Pinyin gǎn bù shàng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. can't keep up with
  2. can't catch up with
  3. cannot overtake
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to be not be as good as
  2. verb
    to not to (be able to) make it; to not be able to do something on time; to not have enough time; to be too late
    (syn.) 𣍐得赴, 赶𫧃着, 赶唔到, 𫧃得赴, 嚟唔切, 不迭, 赴唔掣, 赶不及, 𫧃赴, 来不及, 來不及, 趕𣍐著, 𣍐赴, 不遑, 赶唔切, 趕不及, 趕𣍐赴, 趕唔切, 趕唔到, 赶𫧃赴
  3. verb
    to be unable to meet with (a favourable situation)
  4. verb
    to be unable to overtake; to be unable to catch up with
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 六级词汇表 #298
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    跑得再快些，不然你就赶不上火车了。
    跑得再快些，不然你就趕不上火車了。
    pǎo dé zài kuài xiē ， bù rán nǐ jiù gǎn bù shàng huǒ chē le 。
    • Run faster, or you won't be able to catch the train.
  2. Mandarin
    快点, 否则你会赶不上火车。
    快點, 否則你會趕不上火車。
    kuài diǎn , fǒu zé nǐ huì gǎn bù shàng huǒ chē 。
    • Hurry up, or you will miss the train.
    • Hurry up, or you'll miss the train.
  3. Mandarin
    他们十有八九要赶不上火车了。
    他們十有八九要趕不上火車了。
    tā men shí yǒu bā jiǔ yào gǎn bù shàng huǒ chē le 。
    • Ten to one they'll miss the train.
  4. Mandarin
    如果你不抓紧的话，你就会赶不上火车。
    如果你不抓緊的話，你就會趕不上火車。
    rú guǒ nǐ bù zhuā jǐn de huà ， nǐ jiù huì gǎn bù shàng huǒ chē 。
    • If you don't hurry, you'll miss the train.
  5. Mandarin
    再不快点你就要赶不上末班车了。
    再不快點你就要趕不上末班車了。
    zài bù kuài diǎn nǐ jiù yào gǎn bù shàng mò bān chē le 。
    • Hurry up, or you will miss the last train.
    • If you don't hurry, you'll miss the last train.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    再不出发，我们就会赶不上火车了。
    再不出發，我們就會趕不上火車了。
    zài bù chū fā ， wǒ men jiù huì gǎn bù shàng huǒ chē le ．
    • If we don't leave now, we're going to miss the train.
  2. Mandarin
    再不回去，就得赶不上末班车了。
    再不回去，就得趕不上末班車了。
    zài bù huí qù ， jiù děi gǎn bù shàng mò bān chē le ．
    • If we don't go back now, we won't be able to catch the last bus.
  3. Mandarin
    得亏我来得早，不然又赶不上了。
    得虧我來得早，不然又趕不上了。
    děi kuī wǒ lái de zǎo ， bù rán yòu gǎn bu shàng le ．
    • Fortunately I came early or I wouldn't have been able to catch up.
  4. Mandarin
    赶不上
    趕不上
    gǎn bù shàng
    • unable to catch up with