跟
不
上

Not able to keep up with in Chinese: 跟不上 (gēn bu shàng)

gēn bu shàng

not able to keep up with

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1not able to keep up with

Stroke order

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跟
不
上

Zhuyin

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ㄍㄣ

gēn

ㄍ/ gㄣ/ en—/ first tone

˙ㄅㄨ

bu

˙/ neutral toneㄅ/ bㄨ/ u

ㄕㄤˋ

shàng

ㄕ/ shㄤ/ angˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 他走得太快，我跟不上。

    tā zǒu dé tài kuài， wǒ gēn bú shàng。

    He walks too fast; I can't keep up.

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Related words

不

bù

no

上

shàng

(bound form) up

跟

gēn

heel

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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