供不應求

See also: 供不应求

Chinese

		offer; sacrificial offering; trial statement offer; sacrificial offering; trial statement; confession; offer (information, etc.); supply	not; no	to answer; to respond; ought	to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
trad. (供不應求)		供	不	應	求
simp. (供不应求)		供	不	应	求
Literally: “supply doesn't meet demand”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngbùyìngqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ bat¹ jing³ kau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngbùyìngqiú [Phonetic: gōngbúyìngqiú]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongbùyìngcióu
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-pu⁴-ying⁴-chʻiu²
    • Yale: gūng-bù-yìng-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongbuyinqchyou
    • Palladius: гунбуинцю (gunbuincju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ iŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ bat¹ jing³ kau⁴
    • Yale: gūng bāt ying kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ bat⁷ jing³ kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ bed¹ ying³ keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jɪŋ³³ kʰɐu̯²¹/

Idiom

供不應求

1. be in short supply