Chinese edit

not; no foot; to be sufficient
simp. and trad.
(不足)

Pronunciation edit


Adjective edit

不足

  1. insufficient; inadequate; lacking

Synonyms edit

Noun edit

不足

  1. inadequacy; deficiency; dearth; shortage; want; lack; not enough
    計劃資金不足流產 [MSC, trad.]
    计划资金不足流产 [MSC, simp.]
    Jìhuà yīn zījīn bùzú ér liúchǎn. [Pinyin]
    The plan fell through due to a shortage of funding.

Synonyms edit

  • (figurative) 缺口 (quēkǒu)

Verb edit

不足

  1. to be inadequate; to be deficient; to have a shortage
    金額不足金额不足  ―  jīn'é bùzú  ―  insufficient balance
  2. to be less than
  3. (literary) not worth ... ; no need to ...
  4. (literary) cannot

Synonyms edit

  • (to be inadequate):

Derived terms edit

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
そく
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese 不足 (MC pjuw tsjowk, “not + enough”).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

()(そく) (fusoku-na (adnominal ()(そく) (fusoku na), adverbial ()(そく) (fusoku ni))

  1. insufficient
  2. unsatisfactory

Inflection edit

Noun edit

()(そく) (fusoku

  1. insufficiency, shortage, deficiency, lack
    睡眠(すいみん)不足(ぶそく)
    suiminbusoku
    lack of sleep, insufficient sleep, sleep deprivation
  2. dissatisfaction

Antonyms edit

Verb edit

()(そく)する (fusoku surusuru (stem ()(そく) (fusoku shi), past ()(そく)した (fusoku shita))

  1. to give out, to run short

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997) 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  • 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

不足 (bujok) (hangeul 부족)

  1. Hanja form? of 부족 (insufficiency).