不足 bùzú in a sentence
Insufficient (weak - inadequate - not enough)
不足 (bùzú) means Insufficient (weak - inadequate - not enough). Below are 7 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我们的时间有点 不足 。
Wǒmen de shíjiān yǒudiǎn bùzú.
We are a little short of time.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 不足
经验 不足 是他最大的问题。
Jīngyàn bùzú shì tā zuì dà de wèntí.
Lack of experience is his biggest problem.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 不足
这点损失微 不足 道。
Zhè diǎn sǔnshī wēi bù zú dào.
This small loss is negligible.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 微不足道
他准备 不足 ，以致失败。
Tā zhǔnbèi bùzú, yǐzhì shībài.
He was inadequately prepared, and so failed.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 以致
这点钱 不足 以支付学费。
Zhè diǎn qián bù zúyǐ zhīfù xuéfèi.
This money is not enough to cover the tuition.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 足以
他觉得自己的贡献微 不足 道。
Tā juéde zìjǐ de gòngxiàn wēi bù zú dào.
He feels his own contribution is insignificant.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 微不足道
资金 不足 制约了项目的进展。
Zījīn bùzú zhìyuē le xiàngmù de jìnzhǎn.
Insufficient funding held back the project's progress.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 制约
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Questions about 不足
How is 不足 used in a sentence?
This page shows 7 sentences using 不足 (bùzú, "Insufficient (weak - inadequate - not enough)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 不足 an HSK word?
Yes — 不足 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
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The dictionary page for 不足 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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