lái
bu

HSK 4
common
verb

Meaning of 来不及

来不及 means to be too late; to not have enough time (to do something). Pronounced lái bu jí. HSK 4.

  • to be too late; to not have enough time (to do something)

Definitions & Examples

Hái
yǒu
zhōng
tóu
jiù
kāi
chē
 
lái
bu
kàn
le
 

The train leaves in an hour, there's no time to go see him now.

chuáng
wǎn
le
 
lái
bu
chī
zǎo
fàn
le
 

I got up late and don't have time to eat breakfast.

Diàn
yǐng
kuài
kāi
shǐ
le
 
men
lái
bu
mǎi
bào
huā
le
 

The movie is about to start; we don't have time to buy popcorn.

pǎo
de
tài
kuài
 
lái
bu
hǎn
 

He ran too fast; I couldn't call out to him in time.

Rèn
wu
jié
zhǐ
le
 
xiàn
zài
xiū
gǎi
bào
gào
jīng
lái
bu
le
 

The task deadline has passed; it's too late to revise the report now.