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Mythic Mandarin

来不及 (lái bu jí): meaning and stroke order

来不及 (lái bu jí) means there's not enough time (to do sth), it's too late (to do sth).

来不及

Simplified
来不及
Traditional
來不及
Pinyin
lái bu jí

Stroke order of 来不及

来

  • lái to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  • 7 strokes
  • Traditional form: 來

Stroke by stroke

不

  • bù no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
  • 4 strokes

Stroke by stroke

及

  • jí and; to reach
  • 3 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 来不及

  1. lái bu jí Traditional 來不及
    • there's not enough time (to do sth)
    • it's too late (to do sth)

Radicals of the characters

来
Radical 木 (Kangxi radical 75) · 7 strokes · built from 未 and 丷
不
Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 4 strokes · built from 丆 and 卜
及
Radical 又 (Kangxi radical 29) · 4 strokes

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

来不及 in our stories

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  • 孟凯紧张得手都出汗了，但是他知道，现在回去拿已经来不及了。

    Mèng Kǎi jǐnzhāng de shǒu dōu chū hàn le dànshì tā zhīdao xiànzài huíqu ná yǐjīng láibují le

    Meng Kai was so nervous his hands were sweating, but he knew there was no time to go back for it.

    From the story Three circles HSK 4

  • 他扔下手里的书，连鞋子都来不及穿，头也不回地逃出了家门。

    tā rēng xià shǒu lǐ de shū lián xiézi dōu láibují chuān tóu yě bù huí de táo chū le jiāmén

    He threw down his book and, without even stopping to put on his shoes, fled out of the house without looking back.

    From the story Lord Ye loves dragons HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 来不及

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).