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不及

bù jí

2-character word

What 不及 means

1. to fall short of
2. not as good as
3. too late

The characters in 不及

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 及jíand; to reach; up to

Example sentences

• 我不想不及格。
  I don't want to fail my exams.
• 他们考试不及格。
  They flunked their exams.
• 时间快来不及了。
  We're running out of time.
• 我等不及要去度假。
  Wǒděng bù jí yào qù dùjià.
  I can't wait to go on a vacation.
• 他迫不及待地想要知道结果。
  Tā pòbùjídài de xiǎngyào zhīdào jiéguǒ.
  He is anxious to know the result.
• 他因为准备太少考试不及格了。
  Tā yīnwèi zhǔnbèi tài shǎo kǎoshì bù jígé le.
  He failed in the examination for lack of preparation.

Words starting with 不及

• 不及格bù jí géto fail; to flunk
• 不及物动词bù jí wù dòng cíintransitive verb

Words containing 不及

• 来不及lái bu jíthere's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late
• 迫不及待pò bù jí dài(idiom) unable to hold oneself back; eager to do sth without delay
• 措手不及cuò shǒu bù jíno time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared
• 等不及děng bù jícan't wait
• 猝不及防cù bù jí fángto be caught off guard; without warning
• 有过之而无不及yǒu guò zhī ér wú bù jínot to be inferior in any aspects (idiom); to surpass; to outdo
• 力所不及lì suǒ bù jíbeyond one's power (to do sth)
• 言不及义yán bù jí yìto talk nonsense (idiom); frivolous talk
• 顾不及gù bu jí(of sb who is preoccupied with doing sth) to pay no heed to…

Sounds the same

Read bù jí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 不吉unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
• 簿籍account books; registers; records