不足 bùzú — insufficient, inadequate; a shortcoming

Meanings

1. 1

   insufficient, inadequate; a shortcoming

   Falling short of what is required, and — as a noun — the shortfall itself. It is the polite way to name a weakness in a review: 还有不足, "there are still shortcomings", says less harshly what 缺点 says plainly.

   adjective

Character breakdown

• 不

  bù (fourth tone, falling)

  not, no — the general negative, placed before verbs and adjectives

  4 strokesRadical 一

Example sentences

• 我们的准备还有不足。/我們的準備還有不足。Wǒmen (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) zhǔnbèi (third tone, dipping) hái (second tone, rising) yǒu (third tone, dipping) bùzú. (fourth tone, falling)···

  There are still shortcomings in our preparation.

• 时间不足，我们只好简单说说。/時間不足，我們只好簡單說說。Shíjiān (second tone, rising) bùzú, (fourth tone, falling) wǒmen (third tone, dipping) zhǐhǎo (third tone, dipping) jiǎndān (third tone, dipping) shuōshuo. (first tone, high and level)···

  Time is short, so we shall have to keep it brief.

Similar words

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)