吃不上 chī bu shàng — unable to get anything to eat
chī (first tone, high and level) bu (neutral tone) shàng (fourth tone, falling)chi1 bu5 shang4
unable to get anything to eat
Levels 7–9· 2021 three-band, nine-level proficiency standard
Meanings
unable to get anything to eat
unable to get anything to eat; to miss a meal
Character breakdown
Words containing 吃
- 吃chī (first tone, high and level)to eat
- 吃饭吃飯chī (first tone, high and level) fàn (fourth tone, falling)to have a meal
- 好吃hǎochī (third tone, dipping)tasty, delicious
- 吃惊吃驚chī (first tone, high and level) jīng (first tone, high and level)to be startled
- 大吃一惊大吃一驚dà (fourth tone, falling) chī (first tone, high and level) yī (first tone, high and level) jīng (first tone, high and level)to have a surprise (idiom); shocked or startled
- 吃亏吃虧chī (first tone, high and level) kuī (first tone, high and level)to suffer losses
- 吃力chī (first tone, high and level) lì (fourth tone, falling)to entail strenuous effort
- 吃苦chī (first tone, high and level) kǔ (third tone, dipping)to bear
- 口吃kǒu (third tone, dipping) chī (first tone, high and level)to stammer; to stutter
- 吃喝玩乐吃喝玩樂chī (first tone, high and level) hē (first tone, high and level) wán (second tone, rising) lè (fourth tone, falling)to eat, drink and be merry (idiom)
- 小吃xiǎo (third tone, dipping) chī (first tone, high and level)snack; local delicacy
Words containing 不
- 不bù (fourth tone, falling)not (negates verbs, adjectives and modal verbs)
- 不要bù (fourth tone, falling) yào (fourth tone, falling)don't!
- 不错不錯bù (fourth tone, falling) cuò (fourth tone, falling)correct
- 不同bù (fourth tone, falling) tóng (second tone, rising)different
- 不断不斷búduàn (second tone, rising)continuously, unceasingly
- 不过不過búguò (second tone, rising)but, however (a lighter contrast than 但是)
- 不如bùrú (fourth tone, falling)to be not as good as; had better
- 不再bù (fourth tone, falling) zài (fourth tone, falling)no more
- 不用bù (fourth tone, falling) yòng (fourth tone, falling)need not
- 不少bù (fourth tone, falling) shǎo (third tone, dipping)many
- 不但búdàn (second tone, rising)not only … (but also)
- 差不多chàbuduō (fourth tone, falling)about the same, close enough, not much different
- 不然bùrán (fourth tone, falling)otherwise, or else
- 不管bùguǎn (fourth tone, falling)no matter (what/how…), regardless of
- 不足bùzú (fourth tone, falling)insufficient, inadequate; a shortcoming
- 不够不夠bù (fourth tone, falling) gòu (fourth tone, falling)not enough
- 不行bù (fourth tone, falling) xíng (second tone, rising)won't do
- 不仅不僅bù (fourth tone, falling) jǐn (third tone, dipping)not only (this one)
Words containing 上
- 上shàng (fourth tone, falling)on, on top of, above
- 身上shēn (first tone, high and level) shang (neutral tone)on the body
- 晚上wǎnshang (third tone, dipping)evening, night
- 早上zǎoshang (third tone, dipping)early morning
- 马上馬上mǎshàng (third tone, dipping)at once, right away, immediately
- 实际上實際上shí (second tone, rising) jì (fourth tone, falling) shàng (fourth tone, falling)in fact
- 上面shàng (fourth tone, falling) miàn (fourth tone, falling)on top of
- 事实上事實上shì (fourth tone, falling) shí (second tone, rising) shàng (fourth tone, falling)in fact
- 路上lù (fourth tone, falling) shang (neutral tone)on the road
- 加上jiā (first tone, high and level) shàng (fourth tone, falling)plus
- 上午shàngwǔ (fourth tone, falling)morning (before noon)
- 上班shàngbān (fourth tone, falling)to go to work, to be at work
- 车上車上chē (first tone, high and level) shàng (fourth tone, falling)Car
- 以上yǐ (third tone, dipping) shàng (fourth tone, falling)that level or higher
- 上去shàng (fourth tone, falling) qù (fourth tone, falling)to go up
- 地上dì (fourth tone, falling) shang (neutral tone)on the ground
- 上网上網shàngwǎng (fourth tone, falling)to go online, to use the internet
- 上周shàng (fourth tone, falling) zhōu (first tone, high and level)last week