不bat1及kap6

English

1. to fall short of
2. cannot compare with; not as good as
3. to not be quick enough to do something; to not be in time
4. not as good as
5. too late

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 比唔上，唔夠好
2. 做某啲嘢唔夠快；趕唔切

Examples

• 遠不及

  to be far worse than; to be less preferable

• 猛虎不及地頭蟲

  used to show that however powerful one is in the environment with which he is familiar, he is at a disadvantage when he leaves there; literally: a local caterpillar outshines a fierce tiger

• 佢嘅成就不及佢嘅老師。

  His achievement cannot compare with that of his teacher.

• 好多喺海灘嘅遊客都走避不及，俾海嘯嘅巨浪沖走。

  Many tourists that were on the beach could not run away in time and were carried away by the large tidal waves.

• 我不想不及格。

  I don't want to fail my exams.

  Tatoeba · fenfang557 CC BY

• 他們考試不及格。

  They flunked their exams.

  Tatoeba · egg0073 CC BY

• 时间快来不及了。

  We're running out of time.

  Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

• 我等不及要去度假。

  I can't wait to go on a vacation.

  Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY