# 不足 (bùzú)

In Mandarin Chinese, 不足 (bùzú) means “insufficient; not enough”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: insufficient; not enough
- Pinyin: bùzú (bu4 zu2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 由于睡眠不足，他今天没精神。
  Yóuyú shuìmián bùzú, tā jīntiān méi jīngshén.
  Due to insufficient sleep, he has no energy today.

## Characters

- [不](https://hanziro.com/word/bu-not/) (bù): not; no
- [足](https://hanziro.com/word/zu-sufficient/) (zú): sufficient; ample

https://hanziro.com/word/bu-zu-insufficient/

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