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来不及 (lái bu jí) – there's not enough time (to do sth)

lái bu jí

there's not enough time (to do sth)

HSK 3.0 Level 4Traditional: 來不及2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1there's not enough time (to do sth)
  2. 2it's too late (to do sth)

Simplified & traditional

来不及

Simplified

來不及

Traditional

Example sentences

See 来不及 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 时间快来不及了。

    shí jiān kuài lái bù jí le 。

    We're running out of time.

  • 我时间来不及啦，你快一点呀！

    wǒ shí jiān lái bù jí lā ， nǐ kuài yì diǎn ya ！

    I don't have enough time, hurry up!

Related words

不

bù

no

来

lái

to come

及

jí

and

本来

běn lái

original

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

从来

cóng lái

always

后来

hòu lái

afterwards

及时

jí shí

timely

将来

jiāng lái

in the future

Appears in

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