來不及

See also: 来不及

Chinese

		to come	to not do something in time; to be too late; to not reach
trad. (來不及)		來	不及
simp. (来不及)		来	不及

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láibùjí

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loi⁴ bat¹ kap⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâi-put-ki̍p

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láibùjí → láibují (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ → ㄌㄞˊ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄐㄧˊ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láibůjí
    • Wade–Giles: lai²-pu⁵-chi²
    • Yale: lái-bu-jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laibujyi
    • Palladius: лайбуцзи (lajbuczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/ → /laɪ̯³⁵ b̥u³ t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loi⁴ bat¹ kap⁶
    • Yale: lòih bāt kahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loi⁴ bat⁷ kap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: loi⁴ bed¹ keb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːi̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ kʰɐp̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâi-put-ki̍p
    • Tâi-lô: lâi-put-ki̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lai'putkip
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lai²⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ kip̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lai²⁴⁻²² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kip̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lai¹³⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁵ kip̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lai²⁴⁻¹¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ kip̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lai²³⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ kip̚⁴/

Verb

來不及

1. to not to (be able to) make it; to not be able to do something on time; to not have enough time; to be too late

   來不及說話／来不及说话  ―  láibùjí shuōhuà  ―  to not have a chance to speak

   已經來不及了。／已经来不及了。  ―  Yǐjīng láibùjí le.  ―  It's too late already.

Synonyms

• 不迭 (bùdié)
• 不遑 (bùhuáng) (formal)
• 嚟唔切 (Cantonese)
• 𣍐得赴／𫧃得赴 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 𣍐赴／𫧃赴 (Min)
• 𣍐跮／𫧃跮 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 赴唔掣 (Hakka)
• 趕不上／赶不上 (gǎnbùshàng)
• 趕不及／赶不及 (gǎnbùjí)
• 趕唔切／赶唔切 (Cantonese)
• 趕唔到／赶唔到 (Cantonese)
• 趕𣍐著／赶𫧃着 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 趕𣍐赴／赶𫧃赴 (Xiamen Hokkien)

 

Antonyms

• 來得及／来得及 (láidejí)
• 來得赴／来得赴 (lâ̤-dă̤-hu̿) (Northern Min)
• 嚟得切 (Cantonese)
• 會赴／会赴 (Min)
• 會跮／会跮 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 趕得切／赶得切 (Cantonese)
• 趕得及／赶得及 (gǎndejí)
• 趕會著／赶会着 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 趕會赴／赶会赴 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 趕趟／赶趟 (gǎntàng) (regional)