跟不上

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Chinese

		to follow; to go with; heel to follow; to go with; heel; with; and	not; no	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
simp. and trad. (跟不上)		跟	不	上

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gēnbùshàng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄣㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gan¹ bat¹ soeng⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gēnbùshàng → gēnbushàng (toneless variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄣㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄤˋ → ㄍㄣ ˙ㄅㄨㄕㄤˋ (toneless variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: genbůshàng
  - Wade–Giles: kên¹-pu⁵-shang⁴
  - Yale: gēn-bu-shàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: genbushanq
  - Palladius: гэньбушан (gɛnʹbušan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kən⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/ → /kən⁵⁵ b̥u² ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gan¹ bat¹ soeng⁵
  - Yale: gān bāt séuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gan¹ bat⁷ soeng⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: gen¹ bed¹ sêng⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sœːŋ¹³/

Verb

跟不上

to be unable to keep up with
to be not be as good as
計劃跟不上變化。 [MSC, trad.]
计划跟不上变化。 [MSC, simp.]
Jìhuà gēnbushàng biànhuà.
No plan can anticipate every possible change.

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 跟唔上 (gan1 m4 soeng5)

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