欠佳

Chinese

		deficient; owe; to lack deficient; owe; to lack; yawn	excellent
simp. and trad. (欠佳)		欠	佳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiànjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): him³ gaai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiànjiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciànjia
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien⁴-chia¹
    • Yale: chyàn-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiannjia
    • Palladius: цяньцзя (cjanʹczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: him³ gaai¹
    • Yale: him gāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: him³ gaai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: him³ gai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːm³³ kaːi̯⁵⁵/

Adjective

欠佳

1. not good enough; not satisfactory; subpar

Synonyms

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• 不善 (bùshàn)
• 不好
• 不妙 (bùmiào)
• 不怎麼樣／不怎么样 (bùzěnmeyàng)
• 不濟／不济 (bùjì)
• 不腆 (bùtiǎn) (Classical Chinese, self-deprecatory)
• 了丁 (Min Nan)
• 低下 (dīxià)
• 低劣 (dīliè)
• 低路 (Min Nan)
• 劣 (literary, or in compounds)
• 垃圾 (lājī) (colloquial)
• 屎 (Cantonese)
• 差 (chà)
• 差勁／差劲 (chàjìn) (colloquial)
• 差氣／差气 (Hokkien)
• 拙劣 (zhuōliè)
• 推扳 (¹the-pe) (Shanghainese)
• 梢跤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 梢跤軟蹄／梢跤软蹄 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 梢蹬 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 水皮 (seoi² pei⁴) (Cantonese)
• 潮 (cháo) (colloquial, of quality or technique)
• 無良／无良 (wúliáng) (formal)
• 破 (pò) (colloquial)
• 跤梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 蹩腳／蹩脚 (biéjiǎo)
• 鄙劣 (bǐliè) (literary)