趕不上

See also: 赶不上

Chinese

		to catch up; to overtake; to hurry to catch up; to overtake; to hurry; to rush; to drive away	to not go up; to not ascend; unable to
trad. (趕不上)		趕	不上
simp. (赶不上)		赶	不上

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎnbùshàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄤˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎnbùshàng [Phonetic: gǎnbúshàng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎnbùshàng
    • Wade–Giles: kan³-pu⁴-shang⁴
    • Yale: gǎn-bù-shàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaanbushanq
    • Palladius: ганьбушан (ganʹbušan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/

Verb

趕不上

1. to be unable to overtake; to be unable to catch up with
2. to be not be as good as
3. 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
4. to be unable to meet with (a favourable situation)

Synonyms

• (to not to be able to make it):

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• 不迭 (bùdié)
• 不遑 (bùhuáng) (formal)
• 伓貼／伓贴 (Xianyou Puxian Min)
• 伓赴 (Puxian Min)
• 來不及／来不及 (láibùjí)
• 嚟唔切 (Cantonese)
• 𣍐得赴／𫧃得赴 (Puxian Min, Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 𣍐貼／𫧃贴 (Xianyou Puxian Min)
• 𣍐赴／𫧃赴 (Min)
• 𣍐跮／𫧃跮 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 赴唔掣 (Hakka)
• 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

• (antonym(s) of “to not to be able to make it”):

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• 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)
• 貼／贴 (Puxian Min)
• 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)

 

Derived terms

• 計劃趕不上變化／计划赶不上变化 (jìhuà gǎnbùshàng biànhuà)