不
够

Not enough in Chinese: 不够 (bù gòu)

bù gòu

not enough

HSK 3.0 Level 2Traditional: 不夠1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1not enough
  2. 2insufficient
  3. 3inadequate

Stroke order

Watch how to write 不够 stroke by stroke.

不
够

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

Learn how to read Zhuyin

ㄅㄨˋ

bù

ㄅ/ bㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄍㄡˋ

gòu

ㄍ/ gㄡ/ ouˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

不够

Simplified

不夠

Traditional

Example sentences

See 不够 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我带的钱不够买这个。

    wǒ dài de qián bú gòu mǎi zhè ge。

    The money I brought isn't enough to buy this.

Spotted a mistake?

Related words

不

bù

no

够

gòu

enough (sufficient)

不但

bù dàn

not only (... but also ...)

不管

bù guǎn

not to be concerned

不过

bù guò

only

不仅

bù jǐn

not just

不安

bù ān

unpeaceful

不必

bù bì

need not

不断

bù duàn

unceasing

不免

bù miǎn

inevitably

不然

bù rán

not so

不如

bù rú

not equal to

Appears in

HSK 3.0 Level 2 vocabulary list

Learn 不够 with spaced repetition

Add 不够 (bù gòu) to your review queue and the FSRS algorithm will schedule it exactly when you're about to forget — then meet it again in a short AI-generated story written at your level.

Start learning free

No credit card required · Free tier included