来不及 láibují

HSK level

Traditional form

來不及

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

来 lái

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of 來 lái . Pictograph of wheat. The current meaning "come" is a phonetic loan. The original meaning "wheat" is now written as 麥 mài .

Positional decomposition

⿻未丷

Number of Strokes

不 bù

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of sepals of a flower. The meaning "no" is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

⿱一 yī ？

Number of Strokes

及 jí

Explanation

Pictograph of a hand (又 yòu ) reaching to grab a person (人 rén ).

Positional decomposition

⿻？又 yòu

Number of Strokes

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赶 gǎn 头班车恐怕 kǒngpà 来不及 láibují 了 le .

I'm afraid it's too late to catch the first bus.

我们 wǒmen 几乎 jīhū 来不及 láibují 赶 gǎn 火车 huǒ chē .

We barely had time to catch the train.

那 Nā 以前 yǐqián 我 wǒ 从没 cóng méi 骑过摩托车 mótuōchē 。不过 bùguò ，想 xiǎng 退缩 tuì suō 已经 yǐjīng 来不及 láibují 了 le 。

I had never ridden on a motor-cycle before. But it was too late to chicken out.

两个男孩 nán hái 想 xiǎng 趁 chèn 人 rén 不备 bù bèi 偷偷 tōu tōu 溜走 liū zǒu 几乎 jīhū 是 shì 来不及 láibují 的 de 。

There was barely time for the two boys to escape unseen.

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 来不及 láibují and their own compounds.

来 lái

米 Mǐ

木 Mù , 丷 ha

一 yī

不及 bù jí

及 jí

乃 nǎi , 乚 gōu

See all 89 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 来不及 láibují in their composition.

来 lái

莱 lái , 睐 lài , 徕 lái , 梾 lái , 铼 lái , 崃 lái , 涞 lái , 赉 lài , 俫

不及 bù jí

否 fǒu

痞 pǐ , 嚭 pǐ , 俖, 娝, 桮, 脴, 踎

丕 pī

胚 pēi , 呸 pēi , 坯 pī , 抷, 伾 pī , 柸 pēi , 狉 pī , 秠 pī , 苤 piě , 蚽 pí , 邳 pī , 駓, 噽, 岯, 怌, 豾, 鉟, 髬, 魾

还 Huán , 坏 huài , 杯 bēi , 怀 Huái , 环 Huán , 歪 wāi , 孬 nāo , 甭 béng , 钚 bù , 鈈, 吥 bù , 囨 piān , 妚 pēi , 抔 póu , 紑 fóu , 罘 fú , 芣 fú , 伓, 奀, 嫑 biáo , 炋, 盃 bēi , 肧, 衃, 覔, 銔, 阫, 鴀