跟不上 gēn bu shàng — not able to keep up with

Meanings

1. 1

   not able to keep up with

   not able to keep up with

   verb

Character breakdown

• 不

  bù (fourth tone, falling)

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

  4 strokesRadical 一
• 上

  shàng (fourth tone, falling)

  above, upper, on top of; to go up, to get on, to attend; last, previous (上个月)

  3 strokesRadical 一

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