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不如 bùrú

不如 bùrú Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 不如 bùrú .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bùrú | bu4 ru2
English translation
not equal to
not as good as
inferior to
it would be better to

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HSK level

5

Traditional form

不如 bùrú

Part of speech

Conjunction / 连词 lián cí Lián cí
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Etymology of 不如 bùrú

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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

4
如 rú

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 口 kǒu represents the meaning and 女 nǚ represents the sound. 口 kǒu (mouth) indicates that the character is only "mouthed", i.e. only used for its phonetic value.

Positional decomposition

⿰女口

Number of Strokes

6

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Example sentences using 不如 bùrú

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是 shì 的 de , 但 dàn 不 bù 如 rú 李晴高.

Yes, but she is not as tall as LiQing.

追根 zhuī gēn 究底,与其说读 dòu 者 zhě 在读王映霞,不如说他们 tā men 在读郁 yù 达夫.

Argumentative and Wang Yingxia time in more readers than they read Yu.

“ 13下 xià 是 shì 不 bù 如 rú 1下 xià 好 hǎo , 但 dàn 总 zǒng 比 Bǐ 1下 xià 也 Yě 不 bù 敲 qiāo 强 Qiáng .

' Thirteen is not as good as one, but it's better than nothing.

今晚 jīn wǎn 的 de 电视 diànshì 切目不如 bùrú 往常 wǎngcháng 好 hǎo .

The TV programme was not up to par tonight.

与其说这 zhè 是 shì 本 běn 语法 yǔfǎ 书 Shū ,倒 dǎo 不如说是 shì 一 yī 本 běn 词典 cídiǎn .

The book seems to be more a dictionary than one on grammar.

不如 bùrú Decomposition

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不如 bùrú Compounds

See all 67 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 不如 bùrú in their composition.

  • 不 bù
    • 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
  • 如 rú
    • 絮 xù
    • 挐 ná
      • 蒘
    • 恕 shù , 茹 rú , 铷 rú , 洳 rù , 筎 rú , 袽 rú , 鴽 rú , 侞, 帤, 桇, 銣
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