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)