不足

Pinyin: bùzú

insufficient; lacking; deficiency; not enough

🏮 Chinese HSK 5 verbnoun

Example sentence

由于人力不足,我们需要比预期更多的时间来承担这项任务。

Yóuyú rénlì bùzú, wǒmen xūyào bǐ yùqī gèngduō de shíjiān lái chéngdān zhè xiàng rènwu.

Due to lack of manpower, we need more time than expected to handle this task.

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What 不足 means

不足 (bùzú) is an Chinese word meaning “insufficient; lacking; deficiency; not enough”. It appears in the HSK 5 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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