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

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

2. to not have enough time; to be too late

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

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 趕唔切／赶唔切, 嚟唔切, 趕唔到／赶唔到
• (Min Nan) 袂赴, 袂得赴

Antonyms

• 來得及／来得及 (láidejí)

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