赶不上趕不上 gǎn bù shàng — can't keep up with
gǎn (third tone, dipping) bù (fourth tone, falling) shàng (fourth tone, falling)gan3 bu4 shang4
Traditional: 趕不上
can't keep up with
Level 6· 2021 three-band, nine-level proficiency standard
Meanings
can't keep up with
can't keep up with; can't catch up with; cannot overtake
Character breakdown
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