不足

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


Adjective

不足

  1. insufficient; inadequate

Noun

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.

Verb

不足

  1. to be inadequate; to be deficient; to have a shortage
  2. (literary) not worth ... ; no need to ...

Synonyms

  • (be inadequate):
  • (not worth): (Min Nan) 無夠額无够额

Derived terms


Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
そく
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 不足 (MC pɨu t͡sɨok̚, “not + enough”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

不足 (-na inflection, hiragana ふそく, rōmaji fusoku)

  1. insufficient
  2. unsatisfactory

Inflection

Noun

不足 (hiragana ふそく, rōmaji 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

Verb

不足する (hiragana ふそくする, rōmaji fusoku suru)

  1. to give out, to run short

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), 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

Hanja in this term

Noun

不足 (bujok) (hangeul 부족)

  1. Hanja form? of 부족 (insufficiency).
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