不若

Chinese

not; no
to seem; like; as
to seem; like; as; if
 
trad. (不若) 不 若
simp. #(不若) 不 若

Pronunciation

Verb

不若

  1. (literary) not like; not equal to; not as good as; cannot compare to

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 比不上 (“cannot compare with; not as good as”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 不若
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 比不上, 不如, 不比
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 當不倒
Cantonese Hong Kong 比唔上
Southern Min Xiamen 𣍐拚, 𣍐拚得, 無拚, 無比止, 較輸
Quanzhou 無拚, 較輸
Zhangzhou 𣍐拚, 𣍐拚得, 無拚, 較輸

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不 若
しかず
Grade: 4 Grade: 6
jukujikun
For pronunciation and definitions of 不若 – see the following entry.
【如しかず】
[verb] negative of 如く
[verb] to be worse than; be inferior to
Alternative spellings
不如, 若かず, 不及, 及かず
(This term, 不若, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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