不如

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Chinese

not; no as (if); such as
trad. (不如) 不 如
simp. #(不如) 不 如

Pronunciation

Verb

不如

  1. to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as; cannot compare to; to be inferior to
    今天不如昨天暖和。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Jīntiān bùrú zuótiān nuǎnhuo.
    Today is not as warm as yesterday.
    有些人活得真不如畜生。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Yǒuxiē rén huó de zhēn bùrú chùsheng.
    Some people are so contemptible.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 比不上 (“cannot compare with; not as good as”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 不若
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 比不上, 不如, 不比
Mandarin Chengdu 當不倒
Cantonese Hong Kong 比唔上
Southern Min Xiamen 𣍐拚, 𣍐拚得, 無拚, 無比止, 較輸
Quanzhou 無拚, 較輸
Zhangzhou 𣍐拚, 𣍐拚得, 無拚, 較輸

Derived terms

Conjunction

不如

  1. it would be better to; might as well; let's
    不如今日去游水啦！ [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    bat1 jyu4 gam1 jat6 heoi3 jau4 seoi2 laa1!
    Let's go swimming today!

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不 如
しかず
Grade: 4 Grade: S
jukujikun
For pronunciation and definitions of 不如 – see the following entry.
【如しかず】
negative of 如く
to be worse than; be inferior to
Alternative spellings
不若, 若かず, 不及, 及かず
(This term, 不如, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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