来 lái
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 未 not yet 丷 horns
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
来不及
láibují
to be too late
Characters in this word
不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 现在来不及。 Xiàn zài lái bu jí. It is too late now.
- 我来不及吃饭。 Wǒ lái bu jí chī fàn. I do not have time to eat.
- 他来不及走。 Tā lái bu jí zǒu. He does not have time to leave.
Related words
- 出来 chūlái to come out
- 回来 huílái to come back
- 进来 jìnlái to come in
- 来 lái to come
- 来到 láidào to arrive, to come to
- 起来 qǐlai to get up, to stand up; to start (doing)
- 带来 dàilái to bring; to cause
- 过来 guòlái to come over
- 后来 hòulái later; afterward
- 接下来 jiēxiàlái next; after this
- 来自 láizì to come from
- 原来 yuánlái so it was; originally