不足

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Chinese

not; no foot; to be sufficient
simp. and trad.
(不足)

Pronunciation


Adjective

不足

  1. insufficient; inadequate; lacking

Synonyms

Noun

不足

  1. inadequacy; deficiency; dearth; shortage; want; lack; not enough
    計劃資金不足流產 [MSC, trad.]
    计划资金不足流产 [MSC, simp.]
    Jìhuà yīn zījīn bùzú ér liúchǎn.
    The plan fell through due to a shortage of funding.

Synonyms

  • (figurative) 缺口 (quēkǒu)

Verb

不足

  1. to be inadequate; to be deficient; to have a shortage
    金額不足金额不足  ―  jīn'é bùzú  ―  insufficient balance
  2. to be less than
  3. (literary) not worth ... ; no need to ...
  4. (literary) cannot

Synonyms

  • (to be inadequate):

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
そく
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 不足 (MC pjuw tsjowk, “not + enough”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

()(そく) (fusoku-na (adnominal ()(そく) (fusoku na), adverbial ()(そく) (fusoku ni))

  1. insufficient
  2. unsatisfactory

Inflection

Noun

()(そく) (fusoku

  1. insufficiency, shortage, deficiency, lack
    睡眠(すいみん)不足(ぶそく)
    suiminbusoku
    lack of sleep, insufficient sleep, sleep deprivation
  2. dissatisfaction

Antonyms

Verb

()(そく)する (fusoku surusuru (stem ()(そく) (fusoku shi), past ()(そく)した (fusoku shita))

  1. to give out, to run short

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

不足 (bujok) (hangeul 부족)

  1. hanja form? of 부족 (insufficiency)