來不及

See also: 来不及

Chinese

		to come	to not do something in time; to be too late; to not satisfy to not do something in time; to be too late; to not satisfy; to be insufficient
trad. (來不及)		來	不及
simp. (来不及)		来	不及

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): láibùjí

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): loi⁴ bat¹ kap⁶
Min Nan (POJ): lâi-put-ki̍p

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: láibùjí → láibují (toneless variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ → ㄌㄞˊ ˙ㄅㄨㄐㄧˊ (toneless variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laibujyi
  - IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/ → /laɪ̯³⁵ b̥u³ t͡ɕi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: loi⁴ bat¹ kap⁶
  - Yale: lòih bāt kahp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loi⁴ bat⁷ kap⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: loi⁴ bed¹ keb⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /lɔːy̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ kʰɐp̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâi-put-ki̍p
  - Tâi-lô: lâi-put-ki̍p
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lai'putkip
  - IPA (Xiamen): /laɪ²⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ kip̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /laɪ²⁴⁻²² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kip̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /laɪ¹³⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁵ kip̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /laɪ²⁴⁻¹¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ kip̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /laɪ²³⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ kip̚⁴/

Verb

來不及

to not to (be able to) make it; to not be able to do something on time
來不及說話 / 来不及说话 ― láibùjí shuōhuà ― to not have a chance to speak
to not have enough time; to be too late
已經來不及了。 / 已经来不及了。 ― Yǐjīng láibùjí le. ― It's too late already.

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 趕唔切／赶唔切, 嚟唔切, 趕唔到／赶唔到
(Min Nan) 袂赴, 袂得赴

Antonyms

來得及／来得及 (láidejí)

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