(bú gòu) - not enough, insufficient in Mandarin
búgòuTraditional: 不夠
HSK 3
#833 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
not enough, insufficient
Word origin
A two-character expression: 不 'not' plus 够 'enough' (which pairs 多 'many' with 句 jù as phonetic). Together 不够 means not enough or insufficient.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 不 (not) + 够 (多 many + 句 jù phonetic)
Stroke order
不
够
Examples
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There is not enough time.
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I don't have enough money to buy this.
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You haven't eaten enough.
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There is not enough time.
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I do not have enough money to buy it.
不够 (bú gòu) means not enough, insufficient. It is used as an adjective in everyday Mandarin speech.
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