You ought to go by taxi, or you might not get there in time.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
赶不及
not enough time (to do sth)
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
not enough time (to do sth)
02
too late (to do sth)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 赶不及 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 赶不及 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
"Hey, when do the dorms lock up?" "9 o'clock." "Whoops, if we don't run we won't make it!"
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 赶不及.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 赶不及.
Directly before
- 会赶不及1
- 就赶不及1
Directly after
- 赶不及了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 赶不及
What does 赶不及 mean in Chinese?
赶不及 (gǎnbùjí) means not enough time (to do sth).
How do you pronounce 赶不及?
赶不及 is pronounced gǎnbùjí.
Is 赶不及 an HSK word?
赶不及 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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