赶
不
上

Can't keep up with in Chinese: 赶不上 (gǎn bù shàng)

gǎn bù shàng

can't keep up with

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 趕不上1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1can't keep up with
  2. 2can't catch up with
  3. 3cannot overtake

Stroke order

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赶
不
上

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ㄍㄢˇ

gǎn

ㄍ/ gㄢ/ anˇ/ third tone

ㄅㄨˋ

bù

ㄅ/ bㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄕㄤˋ

shàng

ㄕ/ shㄤ/ angˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

赶不上

Simplified

趕不上

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我们再不走就赶不上火车了。

    wǒ men zài bù zǒu jiù gǎn bú shàng huǒ chē le。

    If we don't leave now we won't catch the train.

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Related words

不

bù

no

上

shàng

(bound form) up

赶

gǎn

to overtake

上午

shàng wǔ

morning

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

不过

bù guò

only

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