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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 不足

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
不足 bù zú - insufficient
- lacking
- deficiency
- not enough
- inadequate
- not worth
- cannot
- should not

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 5 4,624 1,321 2,605

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
不 bù- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
足 jù- excessive
足 zú- (bound form) foot; leg
- sufficient; ample
- as much as; fully

Other Words Containing 不足

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
不足 5 5 4,624 1,321 2,605
微不足道 6 8 10,410 17,965 11,644
不足为奇 - - 20,842 26,651 35,234
美中不足 - 9 33,625 33,799 28,896
心有余而力不足 - - 47,178 48,642 37,251
不足为怪 - - 49,272 - -
先天不足 - - 55,741 35,921 51,047