HSK 4 HSK V4
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来不及

/ lái bù jí  /
Strokes

Definition

来不及 is a Verb, which means [ there is not enough time for / to do sth; it’s too late to do sth ].

“来不及” means that it is impossible to do sth. because of the limitedness of time. Its affirmative form is “来得及”.

 

Example

1
Shíjiān
时间
láibu
来不及
ya
  
!

It's too late!

2
Láibu
来不及
le
  
,
yào
shàng
上课
le
  

It's too late, it's time for class.

3
Zhī
shèng
shí
fēnzhōng
分钟
le
  
,
láibu
来不及
le
  

It's only ten minutes, it's too late.

4
Fēi
飞机
shàng
马上
yào
fēi
起飞
le
  
,
kuài
jìn
进去
  
,
yào
要不
jiù
láibu
来不及
le
  

The plane is about to take off, you go in, or it's too late.

5
Yào
láibu
来不及
le
  
,
zánmen
咱们
gǎnjǐn
赶紧
chū
出发
  

It's too late, let's hurry up.

6
Zhōng
中午
zhīyǒu
只有
bàn
ge
xiǎoshí
小时
de
xiūxi
休息
shíjiān
时间
  
,
láibu
来不及
chīfàn
吃饭
  

There was only half an hour's rest at noon, and he couldn't come to dinner.

7
Yínháng
银行
jīng
已经
xiàbān
下班
le
  
,
xiànzài
现在
láibu
来不及
le
  

The bank was already closed and it was too late to go now.

8
Měitiān
每天
zǎoshang
早上
de
jiào
比较
wǎn
  
,
láibu
来不及
chī
zǎofàn
早饭
  

Every morning I got up late and didn't have time for breakfast.

Related

来不及