無夠

Chinese

		not have	to reach; to be enough
trad. (無夠)		無	夠
simp. (无够)		无	够

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bô-kàu

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-kàu
  - Tâi-lô: bô-kàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boi'kaux
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² kau²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bo²⁴⁻²² kau⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² kau²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ kau¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ kau²¹/

Verb

無夠

to be insufficient; to be lacking; to not be enough
生食都無夠，哪有通曝乾？ [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
生食都无够，哪有通曝干？ [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
Chheⁿ-chia̍h to bô-kàu, ná ū thang pha̍k-koaⁿ? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
It's not enough to eat now, how could there be extra left to dry and store?
(Which means that life has been already tough, and the speaker dare not have extravagant hopes for the future.)

Synonyms

不夠／不够 (bùgòu)

Adverb

無夠

not enough; not sufficiently
𪜶彼个單位的人無夠，工課才會做袂了。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
𪜶彼个单位的人无够，工课才会做袂了。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
In hit-ê tan-ūi ê lâng bô-kàu, khang-khòe chiah ē chò bē liáu. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
There are not enough people in their unit, so the work cannot be completed.

Synonyms

不夠／不够 (bùgòu)

References

“Entry #14606”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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