無夠

Chinese

		not have	to reach; to be enough
trad. (無夠)		無	夠
simp. (无够)		无	够

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bô-kàu

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-kàu
    • Tâi-lô: bô-kàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boi'kaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² kau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bo²⁴⁻²² kau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² kau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ kau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ kau²¹/

Verb

無夠

1. to be insufficient; to be lacking; to not be enough

   生食都無夠，哪有通曝乾？ [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
   生食都无够，哪有通曝干？ [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

   Chheⁿ-chia̍h to bô-kàu, ná ū thang pha̍k-koaⁿ? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   It's not enough to eat now, how could there be extra left to dry and store?
   (Which means that life has been already tough, and the speaker dare not have extravagant hopes for the future.)

Synonyms

• 不夠／不够 (bùgòu)

Adverb

無夠

1. not enough; not sufficiently

   𪜶彼个單位的人無夠，工課才會做袂了。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
   𪜶彼个单位的人无够，工课才会做袂了。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

   In hit-ê tan-ūi ê lâng bô-kàu, khang-khòe chiah ē chò bē liáu. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   There are not enough people in their unit, so the work cannot be completed.

Synonyms

• 不夠／不够 (bùgòu)

References

• “Entry #14606”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.