無夠

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Chinese

not have to reach; to be enough
trad. (無夠)
simp. (无够)

Pronunciation


Verb

無夠

  1. to be insufficient; to be lacking; to not be enough
    生食無夠曝乾 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
    生食无够曝干 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
    Chheⁿ-chia̍h to bô-kàu, ná ū thang pha̍k-koaⁿ? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    It's not enough to eat now, how could there be extra left to dry and store?
    (Which means that life has been already tough, and the speaker dare not have extravagant hopes for the future.)

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Adverb

無夠

  1. not enough; not sufficiently
    𪜶彼个單位無夠工課 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
    𪜶彼个单位无够工课 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
    In hit-ê tan-ūi ê lâng bô-kàu, khang-khòe chiah ē chò bē liáu. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    There are not enough people in their unit, so the work cannot be completed.

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