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不够

búgòu

not enough

HSK 2 · Topic “Numbers and amounts”
A person reaching into an empty bowl
Memory picture

Characters in this word

不 bù

Strokes
4
Radical
一 — one
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

够 gòu

Strokes
11
Radical
夕 — evening, night, dusk
Made of
句 sentence, clause, phrase, paragraph 多 much, many, multi-
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 钱不够。 Qián búgòu. There is not enough money.
  • 时间不够。 Shíjiān búgòu. There is not enough time.
  • 这些菜不够。 Zhèxiē cài búgòu. These dishes are not enough.

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