不足

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


Adjective

不足

  1. insufficient; inadequate; lacking

Synonyms

Noun

不足

  1. inadequacy; deficiency; dearth; shortage; want; lack; not enough
    計劃因資金不足而流產。 [MSC, trad.]
    计划因资金不足而流产。 [MSC, simp.]
    Jìhuà yīn zījīn bùzú ér liúchǎn. [Pinyin]
    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):
  • (not worth): (Min Nan) 無夠額/无够额

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不 足
ふ
Grade: 4
そく
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

不(ふ)足(そく) • (fusoku) -na (adnominal 不(ふ)足(そく)な (fusoku na), adverbial 不(ふ)足(そく)に (fusoku ni))

  1. insufficient
  2. unsatisfactory

Inflection

Noun

不(ふ)足(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

不(ふ)足(そく)する • (fusoku suru) suru (stem 不(ふ)足(そく)し (fusoku shi), past 不(ふ)足(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, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  • 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
不足

Noun

不足 • (bujok) (hangeul 부족)

  1. Hanja form? of 부족 (“insufficiency”).
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