欠佳
Chinese
deficient; owe; to lack deficient; owe; to lack; yawn |
excellent | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (欠佳) |
欠 | 佳 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: qiànjiā
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ciànjia
- Wade–Giles: chʻien4-chia1
- Yale: chyàn-jyā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiannjia
- Palladius: цяньцзя (cjanʹczja)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: him3 gaai1
- Yale: him gāai
- Cantonese Pinyin: him3 gaai1
- Guangdong Romanization: him3 gai1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hiːm³³ kaːi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Adjective
欠佳
- not good enough; not satisfactory; subpar
Synonyms
- 不善 (bùshàn)
- 不好
- 不妙 (bùmiào)
- 不怎麼樣 / 不怎么样 (bùzěnmeyàng)
- 不濟 / 不济 (bùjì)
- 不腆 (bùtiǎn) (Classical Chinese, self-deprecatory)
- 了丁 (Min Nan)
- 低下 (dīxià)
- 低劣 (dīliè)
- 低路 (Min Nan)
- 劣 (literary, or in compounds)
- 垃圾 (lājī) (colloquial)
- 屎 (Cantonese)
- 差 (chà)
- 差勁 / 差劲 (chàjìn) (colloquial)
- 差氣 / 差气 (Hokkien)
- 拙劣 (zhuōliè)
- 推扳 (Shanghainese)
- 梢跤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 梢跤軟蹄 / 梢跤软蹄 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 梢蹬 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 水皮 (seoi2 pei4) (Cantonese)
- 潮 (cháo) (colloquial, of quality or technique)
- 無良 / 无良 (wúliáng) (formal)
- 破 (pò) (colloquial)
- 跤梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 蹩腳 / 蹩脚 (biéjiǎo)
- 鄙劣 (bǐliè) (literary)