"不如" meaning in Chinese

See 不如 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /put̚² i¹¹/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /put̚² (j)i¹¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Sinological-IPA, Sixian, Southern], /put̚³²⁻⁴ lu²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei, Xiamen], /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ lu²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ lɯ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /put̚³²⁻⁵ d͡zi¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /put̚³²⁻⁴ zu²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵/, /pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹/, /put̚² i¹¹/, /put̚² (j)i¹¹/, /put̚³²⁻⁴ lu²⁴/, /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ lu²⁴/, /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ lɯ²⁴/, /put̚³²⁻⁵ d͡zi¹³/, /put̚³²⁻⁴ zu²³/, /pəʔ³³ zz̩⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: bùrú [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bat¹ jyu⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], put-yì [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], put-lû, put-lîr, put-jî, put-jû, ⁷peq-zy, bùrú [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], bùrú [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], pu⁴-ju² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], bù-rú [Mandarin, Yale], buru [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], бужу [Mandarin, Palladius], bužu [Mandarin, Palladius], bāt yùh [Cantonese, Yale], bat⁷ jy⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], bed¹ yu⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], put-yì [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], bud` iˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], bud⁵ yi² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], put-yì [Hakka, Meinong, Phak-fa-su, Sixian, Southern], bud` [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], r [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], iˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], bud⁵ yi² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], put-lû [Hokkien, POJ], put-lû [Hokkien, Tai-lo], putluu [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], put-lîr [Hokkien, POJ], put-lîr [Hokkien, Tai-lo], put-jî [Hokkien, POJ], put-jî [Hokkien, Tai-lo], putjii [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], put-jû [Hokkien, POJ], put-jû [Hokkien, Tai-lo], putjuu [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], ⁷peq-zy [Wu], peh^入 zy [Wu], ⁴peq-zr [Wu], /pəʔ³³ zz̩⁴⁴/ [Wu]
Head templates: {{head|zh|conjunction}} 不如
  1. it would be better to; might as well; let's Synonyms: 何如 (hérú) [archaic], 莫若 (mòruò) [literary], 莫如 (mòrú), 哪如 [Jin]
    Sense id: en-不如-zh-conj-KhVedaK0 Categories (other): Beginning Mandarin Disambiguation of Beginning Mandarin: 66 34

Verb

IPA: /pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /put̚² i¹¹/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /put̚² (j)i¹¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Sinological-IPA, Sixian, Southern], /put̚³²⁻⁴ lu²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei, Xiamen], /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ lu²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ lɯ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /put̚³²⁻⁵ d͡zi¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /put̚³²⁻⁴ zu²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵/, /pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹/, /put̚² i¹¹/, /put̚² (j)i¹¹/, /put̚³²⁻⁴ lu²⁴/, /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ lu²⁴/, /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ lɯ²⁴/, /put̚³²⁻⁵ d͡zi¹³/, /put̚³²⁻⁴ zu²³/, /pəʔ³³ zz̩⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: bùrú [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bat¹ jyu⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], put-yì [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], put-lû, put-lîr, put-jî, put-jû, ⁷peq-zy, bùrú [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], bùrú [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], pu⁴-ju² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], bù-rú [Mandarin, Yale], buru [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], бужу [Mandarin, Palladius], bužu [Mandarin, Palladius], bāt yùh [Cantonese, Yale], bat⁷ jy⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], bed¹ yu⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], put-yì [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], bud` iˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], bud⁵ yi² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], put-yì [Hakka, Meinong, Phak-fa-su, Sixian, Southern], bud` [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], r [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], iˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], bud⁵ yi² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], put-lû [Hokkien, POJ], put-lû [Hokkien, Tai-lo], putluu [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], put-lîr [Hokkien, POJ], put-lîr [Hokkien, Tai-lo], put-jî [Hokkien, POJ], put-jî [Hokkien, Tai-lo], putjii [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], put-jû [Hokkien, POJ], put-jû [Hokkien, Tai-lo], putjuu [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], ⁷peq-zy [Wu], peh^入 zy [Wu], ⁴peq-zr [Wu], /pəʔ³³ zz̩⁴⁴/ [Wu]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 不如
  1. to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as; cannot compare to; to be inferior to
    Sense id: en-不如-zh-verb-cruEON6Q Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Synonyms: 不若 [Classical-Chinese], 比不上 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 不如 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 不比 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 當不倒 [Mandarin, Chengdu], 比唔上 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 𣍐拚 [Xiamen], 𣍐拚得 [Xiamen], 無拚 [Xiamen], 無比止 [Xiamen], 較輸 [Xiamen], 無拚 [Quanzhou], 較輸 [Quanzhou], 𣍐拚 [Zhangzhou], 𣍐拚得 [Zhangzhou], 無拚 [Zhangzhou], 較輸 [Zhangzhou] Derived forms: 人算不如天算 (rén suàn bùrú tiān suàn), 好死不如賴活著 (hǎosǐ bùrú lài huózhe), 好死不如赖活著 (hǎosǐ bùrú lài huózhe), 授人以魚不如授人以漁 (shòu rén yǐ yú bùrú shòu rén yǐ yú), 授人以鱼不如授人以渔 (shòu rén yǐ yú bùrú shòu rén yǐ yú), 揚湯止沸,不如去薪/扬汤止沸,不如去薪 (yángtāngzhǐfèi, bùrú qù xīn), 擇日不如撞日 (zérì bùrú zhuàng rì), 择日不如撞日 (zérì bùrú zhuàng rì), 求人不如求己 (qiúrén bùrú qiújǐ), 獨樂樂不如眾樂樂 (dú yuè lè bùrú zhòng yuè lè), 独乐乐不如众乐乐 (dú yuè lè bùrú zhòng yuè lè), 生不如死 (shēngbùrúsǐ), 百聞不如一見 (bǎi wén bùrú yī jiàn), 百闻不如一见 (bǎi wén bùrú yī jiàn), 盡信書不如無書 (jìn xìn shū bùrú wú shū), 尽信书不如无书 (jìn xìn shū bùrú wú shū), 相見不如懷念 (xiāngjiàn bùrú huáiniàn), 相见不如怀念 (xiāngjiàn bùrú huáiniàn), 聞名不如見面 (wénmíng bùrú jiànmiàn), 闻名不如见面 (wénmíng bùrú jiànmiàn), 臨淵羨魚,不如退而結網/临渊羡鱼,不如退而结网 (lín yuān xiàn yú, bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng), 自愧不如 (zìkuì-bùrú), 落水的鳳凰不如雞 (luòshuǐ de fènghuáng bùrú jī), 落水的凤凰不如鸡 (luòshuǐ de fènghuáng bùrú jī), 豬狗不如 (zhūgǒubùrú), 猪狗不如 (zhūgǒubùrú), 遠親不如近鄰 (yuǎnqīn bùrú jìnlín), 远亲不如近邻 (yuǎnqīn bùrú jìnlín), 長痛不如短痛 (cháng tòng bùrú duǎn tòng), 长痛不如短痛 (cháng tòng bùrú duǎn tòng)

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      "expansion": "不如",
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    }
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "rén suàn bùrú tiān suàn",
          "word": "人算不如天算"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hǎosǐ bùrú lài huózhe",
          "word": "好死不如賴活著"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hǎosǐ bùrú lài huózhe",
          "word": "好死不如赖活著"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shòu rén yǐ yú bùrú shòu rén yǐ yú",
          "word": "授人以魚不如授人以漁"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shòu rén yǐ yú bùrú shòu rén yǐ yú",
          "word": "授人以鱼不如授人以渔"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yángtāngzhǐfèi, bùrú qù xīn",
          "word": "揚湯止沸,不如去薪/扬汤止沸,不如去薪"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zérì bùrú zhuàng rì",
          "word": "擇日不如撞日"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zérì bùrú zhuàng rì",
          "word": "择日不如撞日"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qiúrén bùrú qiújǐ",
          "word": "求人不如求己"
        },
        {
          "roman": "dú yuè lè bùrú zhòng yuè lè",
          "word": "獨樂樂不如眾樂樂"
        },
        {
          "roman": "dú yuè lè bùrú zhòng yuè lè",
          "word": "独乐乐不如众乐乐"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shēngbùrúsǐ",
          "word": "生不如死"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bǎi wén bùrú yī jiàn",
          "word": "百聞不如一見"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bǎi wén bùrú yī jiàn",
          "word": "百闻不如一见"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jìn xìn shū bùrú wú shū",
          "word": "盡信書不如無書"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jìn xìn shū bùrú wú shū",
          "word": "尽信书不如无书"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiāngjiàn bùrú huáiniàn",
          "word": "相見不如懷念"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiāngjiàn bùrú huáiniàn",
          "word": "相见不如怀念"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wénmíng bùrú jiànmiàn",
          "word": "聞名不如見面"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wénmíng bùrú jiànmiàn",
          "word": "闻名不如见面"
        },
        {
          "roman": "lín yuān xiàn yú, bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng",
          "word": "臨淵羨魚,不如退而結網/临渊羡鱼,不如退而结网"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zìkuì-bùrú",
          "word": "自愧不如"
        },
        {
          "roman": "luòshuǐ de fènghuáng bùrú jī",
          "word": "落水的鳳凰不如雞"
        },
        {
          "roman": "luòshuǐ de fènghuáng bùrú jī",
          "word": "落水的凤凰不如鸡"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhūgǒubùrú",
          "word": "豬狗不如"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhūgǒubùrú",
          "word": "猪狗不如"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yuǎnqīn bùrú jìnlín",
          "word": "遠親不如近鄰"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yuǎnqīn bùrú jìnlín",
          "word": "远亲不如近邻"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cháng tòng bùrú duǎn tòng",
          "word": "長痛不如短痛"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cháng tòng bùrú duǎn tòng",
          "word": "长痛不如短痛"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Today is not as warm as yesterday.",
          "ref": "今天不如昨天暖和。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]",
          "text": "Jīntiān bùrú zuótiān nuǎnhuo. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Some people are so contemptible.",
          "ref": "有些人活得真不如畜生。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]",
          "text": "Yǒuxiē rén huó de zhēn bùrú chùsheng. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as; cannot compare to; to be inferior to"
      ],
      "id": "en-不如-zh-verb-cruEON6Q",
      "links": [
        [
          "not",
          "not"
        ],
        [
          "like",
          "like"
        ],
        [
          "equal",
          "equal"
        ],
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "compare",
          "compare"
        ],
        [
          "inferior",
          "inferior"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Classical-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "不若"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "formal",
            "Standard-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "比不上"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "formal",
            "Standard-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "不如"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "formal",
            "Standard-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "不比"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Mandarin",
            "Chengdu"
          ],
          "word": "當不倒"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Hong-Kong"
          ],
          "word": "比唔上"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "𣍐拚"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "𣍐拚得"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "無拚"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "無比止"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "較輸"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Quanzhou"
          ],
          "word": "無拚"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Quanzhou"
          ],
          "word": "較輸"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Zhangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "𣍐拚"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Zhangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "𣍐拚得"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Zhangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "無拚"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Zhangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "較輸"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùrú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ jyu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-yì"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-lû"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-lîr"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-jî"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-jû"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁷peq-zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùrú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùrú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-ju²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-rú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "buru"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бужу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bužu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt yùh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ jy⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ yu⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-yì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud` iˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud⁵ yi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² i¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-yì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "r"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud⁵ yi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² (j)i¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-lû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-lû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "putluu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ lu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ lu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-lîr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-lîr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ lɯ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-jî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-jî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "putjii"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ d͡zi¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-jû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-jû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "putjuu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ zu²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁷peq-zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "peh^入 zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁴peq-zr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/pəʔ³³ zz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ put-lîr /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² i¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² (j)i¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ lu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ lu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ lɯ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ d͡zi¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ zu²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pəʔ³³ zz̩⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不如"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "不如",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "66 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Beginning Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Let's go swimming today!",
          "ref": "不如今日去游水啦! [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad. and simp.]",
          "text": "bat¹ jyu⁴ gam¹ jat⁶ heoi³ jau⁴ seoi² laa¹! [Jyutping]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "it would be better to; might as well; let's"
      ],
      "id": "en-不如-zh-conj-KhVedaK0",
      "links": [
        [
          "better",
          "better"
        ],
        [
          "let's",
          "let's"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "hérú",
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "何如"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mòruò",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "莫若"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mòrú",
          "word": "莫如"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Jin"
          ],
          "word": "哪如"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùrú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ jyu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-yì"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-lû"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-lîr"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-jî"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-jû"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁷peq-zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùrú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùrú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-ju²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-rú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "buru"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бужу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bužu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt yùh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ jy⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ yu⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-yì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud` iˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud⁵ yi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² i¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-yì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "r"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud⁵ yi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² (j)i¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-lû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-lû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "putluu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ lu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ lu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-lîr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-lîr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ lɯ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-jî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-jî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "putjii"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ d͡zi¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-jû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-jû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "putjuu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ zu²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁷peq-zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "peh^入 zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁴peq-zr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/pəʔ³³ zz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ put-lîr /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² i¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² (j)i¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ lu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ lu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ lɯ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ d͡zi¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ zu²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pəʔ³³ zz̩⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不如"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Beginning Mandarin",
    "Chinese conjunctions",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "rén suàn bùrú tiān suàn",
      "word": "人算不如天算"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hǎosǐ bùrú lài huózhe",
      "word": "好死不如賴活著"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hǎosǐ bùrú lài huózhe",
      "word": "好死不如赖活著"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shòu rén yǐ yú bùrú shòu rén yǐ yú",
      "word": "授人以魚不如授人以漁"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shòu rén yǐ yú bùrú shòu rén yǐ yú",
      "word": "授人以鱼不如授人以渔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yángtāngzhǐfèi, bùrú qù xīn",
      "word": "揚湯止沸,不如去薪/扬汤止沸,不如去薪"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zérì bùrú zhuàng rì",
      "word": "擇日不如撞日"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zérì bùrú zhuàng rì",
      "word": "择日不如撞日"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiúrén bùrú qiújǐ",
      "word": "求人不如求己"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dú yuè lè bùrú zhòng yuè lè",
      "word": "獨樂樂不如眾樂樂"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dú yuè lè bùrú zhòng yuè lè",
      "word": "独乐乐不如众乐乐"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shēngbùrúsǐ",
      "word": "生不如死"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǎi wén bùrú yī jiàn",
      "word": "百聞不如一見"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǎi wén bùrú yī jiàn",
      "word": "百闻不如一见"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jìn xìn shū bùrú wú shū",
      "word": "盡信書不如無書"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jìn xìn shū bùrú wú shū",
      "word": "尽信书不如无书"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiāngjiàn bùrú huáiniàn",
      "word": "相見不如懷念"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiāngjiàn bùrú huáiniàn",
      "word": "相见不如怀念"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wénmíng bùrú jiànmiàn",
      "word": "聞名不如見面"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wénmíng bùrú jiànmiàn",
      "word": "闻名不如见面"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lín yuān xiàn yú, bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng",
      "word": "臨淵羨魚,不如退而結網/临渊羡鱼,不如退而结网"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zìkuì-bùrú",
      "word": "自愧不如"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luòshuǐ de fènghuáng bùrú jī",
      "word": "落水的鳳凰不如雞"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luòshuǐ de fènghuáng bùrú jī",
      "word": "落水的凤凰不如鸡"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhūgǒubùrú",
      "word": "豬狗不如"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhūgǒubùrú",
      "word": "猪狗不如"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuǎnqīn bùrú jìnlín",
      "word": "遠親不如近鄰"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuǎnqīn bùrú jìnlín",
      "word": "远亲不如近邻"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cháng tòng bùrú duǎn tòng",
      "word": "長痛不如短痛"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cháng tòng bùrú duǎn tòng",
      "word": "长痛不如短痛"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "不如",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Today is not as warm as yesterday.",
          "ref": "今天不如昨天暖和。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]",
          "text": "Jīntiān bùrú zuótiān nuǎnhuo. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Some people are so contemptible.",
          "ref": "有些人活得真不如畜生。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]",
          "text": "Yǒuxiē rén huó de zhēn bùrú chùsheng. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as; cannot compare to; to be inferior to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "not",
          "not"
        ],
        [
          "like",
          "like"
        ],
        [
          "equal",
          "equal"
        ],
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "compare",
          "compare"
        ],
        [
          "inferior",
          "inferior"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùrú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ jyu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-yì"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-lû"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-lîr"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-jî"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-jû"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁷peq-zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùrú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùrú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-ju²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-rú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "buru"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бужу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bužu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt yùh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ jy⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ yu⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-yì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud` iˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud⁵ yi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² i¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-yì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "r"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud⁵ yi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² (j)i¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-lû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-lû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "putluu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ lu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ lu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-lîr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-lîr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ lɯ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-jî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-jî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "putjii"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ d͡zi¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-jû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-jû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "putjuu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ zu²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁷peq-zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "peh^入 zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁴peq-zr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/pəʔ³³ zz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ put-lîr /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² i¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² (j)i¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ lu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ lu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ lɯ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ d͡zi¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ zu²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pəʔ³³ zz̩⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "不若"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "比不上"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "不如"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "不比"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Chengdu"
      ],
      "word": "當不倒"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "比唔上"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "𣍐拚"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "𣍐拚得"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "無拚"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "無比止"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "較輸"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Quanzhou"
      ],
      "word": "無拚"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Quanzhou"
      ],
      "word": "較輸"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "𣍐拚"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "𣍐拚得"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "無拚"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "較輸"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不如"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Beginning Mandarin",
    "Chinese conjunctions",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "不如",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Let's go swimming today!",
          "ref": "不如今日去游水啦! [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad. and simp.]",
          "text": "bat¹ jyu⁴ gam¹ jat⁶ heoi³ jau⁴ seoi² laa¹! [Jyutping]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "it would be better to; might as well; let's"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "better",
          "better"
        ],
        [
          "let's",
          "let's"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùrú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ jyu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-yì"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-lû"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-lîr"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-jî"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-jû"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁷peq-zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùrú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùrú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-ju²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-rú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "buru"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бужу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bužu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt yùh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ jy⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ yu⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-yì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud` iˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud⁵ yi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² i¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-yì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "r"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud⁵ yi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² (j)i¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-lû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-lû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "putluu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ lu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ lu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-lîr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-lîr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ lɯ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-jî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-jî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "putjii"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ d͡zi¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-jû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-jû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "putjuu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ zu²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁷peq-zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "peh^入 zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁴peq-zr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/pəʔ³³ zz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ put-lîr /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² i¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² (j)i¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ lu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ lu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ lɯ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ d͡zi¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ zu²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pəʔ³³ zz̩⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "hérú",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "何如"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mòruò",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "莫若"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mòrú",
      "word": "莫如"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin"
      ],
      "word": "哪如"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不如"
}

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