比不上

Chinese

		side by side; compare; to gesture side by side; compare; to gesture; than; ratio	to not go up; to not ascend; unable to
trad. (比不上)		比	不上
simp. #(比不上)		比	不上

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐbùshàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei² bat¹ soeng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐbùshàng [Phonetic: bǐbúshàng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐbùshàng
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-pu⁴-shang⁴
    • Yale: bǐ-bù-shàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biibushanq
    • Palladius: бибушан (bibušan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei² bat¹ soeng⁵
    • Yale: béi bāt séuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei² bat⁷ soeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi² bed¹ sêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sœːŋ¹³/

Verb

比不上

1. cannot compare with

   • 對於一名身邊没有親人陪伴的重症患者來說，再多的言語安慰也比不上手與手的相握。 [MSC, trad.]
     对于一名身边没有亲人陪伴的重症患者来说，再多的言语安慰也比不上手与手的相握。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 程煥 (2020 September 5) “白衣战士，用生命守护生命——记抗疫中的医务工作者”, in People's Daily (in Chinese), page 4

     Duìyú yīmíng shēnbiān méiyǒu qīnrén péibàn de zhòngzhèng huànzhě lái shuō, zài duō de yányǔ ānwèi yě bǐbùshàng shǒu yǔ shǒu de xiàng wò. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 比不上 (“cannot compare with; not as good as”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		不若
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		比不上, 不如, 不比
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	當不倒
Cantonese	Hong Kong	比唔上
Southern Min	Xiamen	𣍐拚, 𣍐拚得, 無拚, 無比止, 較輸
	Quanzhou	無拚, 較輸
	Zhangzhou	𣍐拚, 𣍐拚得, 無拚, 較輸

Antonyms

• 比得上 (bǐdeshàng)