粵

不bat1濟zai3

simp不济
bat1 zai3bù jì

English

  1. (coll.) no good; of no use
  2. wanting; lackluster; bad; not often in speech

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 唔掂,唔好嘅;通常用嚟形容一樣嘢嘅表現;口頭少講

Examples

  • 過多會壞事,過少不濟事。

    Too much spoils, too little is nothing.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 再不济我也能拿个平均分。

    At worst, I will get an average mark.

    Tatoeba · gxv2 CC BY

  • 呢間公司近期嘅業績好不濟。

    This company's performance has been quite poor recently.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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