吃
不
上

Unable to get anything to eat in Chinese: 吃不上 (chī bu shàng)

chī bu shàng

unable to get anything to eat

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1unable to get anything to eat
  2. 2to miss a meal

Stroke order

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吃
不
上

Zhuyin

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ㄔ

chī

ㄔ/ ch—/ first tone

˙ㄅㄨ

bu

˙/ neutral toneㄅ/ bㄨ/ u

ㄕㄤˋ

shàng

ㄕ/ shㄤ/ angˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 那时候家里穷，常常吃不上饭。

    nà shí hòu jiā lǐ qióng， cháng cháng chī bú shàng fàn。

    Back then the family was poor and often couldn't get enough to eat.

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Related words

不

bù

no

吃

chī

to eat

上

shàng

(bound form) up

上午

shàng wǔ

morning

好吃

hǎo chī

tasty

上班

shàng bān

to go to work

晚上

wǎn shang

evening

早上

zǎo shang

early morning

马上

mǎ shàng

at once

上网

shàng wǎng

to go online

不但

bù dàn

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

不管

bù guǎn

not to be concerned

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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