不足 bùzú HSK5 insufficient Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 不足 bùzú insufficient adjective lacking in amount, quality, or required degree; a deficiency or state of being not enough 由于经费不足，那个项目被迫停止了。 yóuyú jīngfèi bùzú, nàge xiàngmù bèipò tíngzhǐ le. The project was forced to a halt due to a lack of funding. cannot verb should not or is unable to (frequently used in formal constructions like "不足为 zúyǐwéi...") 由于证据不全，他的证词不足为凭。 yóuyú zhèngjù bù quán, tā de zhèngcí bùzú wéi píng. Due to incomplete evidence, his testimony cannot be relied upon. not worth verb not deserving of or meriting specific attention or action 这点小伤不足挂齿，你不必担心。 zhè diǎn xiǎo shāng bùzú guàchǐ, nǐ bùbì dānxīn. This minor injury is not worth mentioning; you needn't worry. Frequency Movie subtitles 12.3 per million appears in 6% of films Written text 100.0 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 5 Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
不足 bùzú insufficient adjective lacking in amount, quality, or required degree; a deficiency or state of being not enough 由于经费不足，那个项目被迫停止了。 yóuyú jīngfèi bùzú, nàge xiàngmù bèipò tíngzhǐ le. The project was forced to a halt due to a lack of funding. cannot verb should not or is unable to (frequently used in formal constructions like "不足为 zúyǐwéi...") 由于证据不全，他的证词不足为凭。 yóuyú zhèngjù bù quán, tā de zhèngcí bùzú wéi píng. Due to incomplete evidence, his testimony cannot be relied upon. not worth verb not deserving of or meriting specific attention or action 这点小伤不足挂齿，你不必担心。 zhè diǎn xiǎo shāng bùzú guàchǐ, nǐ bùbì dānxīn. This minor injury is not worth mentioning; you needn't worry. Frequency Movie subtitles 12.3 per million appears in 6% of films Written text 100.0 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 5 Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
