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不如
  bat1 jyu4   jyutping
  bu4 ru2   pinyin
[1] why not...? why don't...? let (us/me)...
[2] not as good as... | []: 唔及得


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This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
不如

This word has been viewed 7216 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tuan on 22nd Jul 2004 10:20 and last edited on 26th Oct 2013 13:03
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Characters in this word:

 bat1  -  not; no; un-
 jyu4  -  if, as if, like, equal to

12 compounds containing this word:

技不如人 - not as skillful as others
親生仔不如近身錢 - it's better to have money than to have to depend on your own children
言教不如身教 - teaching by action is better than teaching by word; actions speak louder than words
多一事不如少一事 - the less trouble the better; avoid trouble as much a possible
百聞不如一見 - seeing is believing
生不如死 - a painful life; a life in which it's better to die than to live
大不如前 - a shadow of former self
讀萬卷書不如行萬里路 - it is better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand books
恭敬不如從命 - obedience is greater than politeness
相請不如偶遇 - it's better to meet by chance than to intentionally invite each other
狗彘不如 - more despicable than a dog or a pig
授人以魚,不如授人以漁 - it's better to teach a man to fish than to give a man a fish

Showing all 6 examples containing 不如
detail 不如試吓
Why don't you try to answer?
[^already a literal translation]
detail audio 不如雞記早餐!
Let's go to KFC have a breakfast.
detail 不如一齊踢波
Let's go and play football.
detail audio 上網不如聽朝
Still surfing the web at this time of the night? Why don't you (go to bed) and go online again in the morning?
detail audio 與其苟且偷生不如
It is better to die than to drag on with such an ignoble existence.
detail 與其補救已然不如
Prevention is better than cure.

2 Cantonese Homophones / Homophone Variants for this word:


detail  bat1 jyu4  bu4 yu2 = unexpected; eventuality; contingency; not worry about
detail  bat1 jyu4  bu4 yu2 = unchanging; unswerving


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