# 吃不上 (chībushàng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 吃不上 (chībushàng) means “unable to get a meal; to miss a meal”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: unable to get a meal; to miss a meal
- Pinyin: chībushàng (chi1 bu5 shang4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 再晚到就吃不上热饭了。
  Zài wǎn dào jiù chībushàng rè fàn le.
  If we arrive any later, we won't be able to get a hot meal.

## Characters

- [吃](https://hanziro.com/word/chi-eat/) (chī): to eat
- [不](https://hanziro.com/word/bu-not/) (bù): not; no
- [上](https://hanziro.com/word/shang-up/) (shàng): up; above

https://hanziro.com/word/chi-bu-shang-unable-get-meal/

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