跟不上

Chinese

		to follow; to go with; heel to follow; to go with; heel; with; and	not; no	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
simp. and trad. (跟不上)		跟	不	上

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gēnbùshàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gan¹ bat¹ soeng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gēnbùshàng [Phonetic: gēnbúshàng] → gēnbushàng (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄤˋ → ㄍㄣ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄕㄤˋ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: genbůshàng
    • Wade–Giles: kên¹-pu⁵-shang⁴
    • Yale: gēn-bu-shàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: genbushanq
    • Palladius: гэньбушан (gɛnʹbušan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kən⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/ → /kən⁵⁵ b̥u² ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gan¹ bat¹ soeng⁵
    • Yale: gān bāt séuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gan¹ bat⁷ soeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: gen¹ bed¹ sêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sœːŋ¹³/

Verb

跟不上

1. to be unable to keep up with
2. to be not be as good as

   計劃跟不上變化。 [MSC, trad.]
   计划跟不上变化。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jìhuà gēnbushàng biànhuà. [Pinyin]

   No plan can anticipate every possible change.

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 跟唔上 (gan1 m4 soeng5)