I barely made the train.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
赶不上
can't keep up with
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
can't keep up with
02
can't catch up with
03
cannot overtake
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 赶不上 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 赶不上 appears in 13 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
She was worried that she might miss the train.
Be quick, or you will miss the train.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 赶不上.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 赶不上.
Directly before
- 就赶不上3
- 会赶不上2
- 要赶不上2
- 担心赶不上2
- 就要赶不上1
Directly after
- 赶不上火车10
- 赶不上末班车1
- 赶不上今天1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 赶不上
What does 赶不上 mean in Chinese?
赶不上 (gǎnbùshàng) means can't keep up with.
How do you pronounce 赶不上?
赶不上 is pronounced gǎnbùshàng.
Is 赶不上 an HSK word?
赶不上 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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