不如 bùrú▶ ไม่ดีเท่า

Stroke order

不如 is written in 10 strokes across 2 characters.

• 不 — 4 strokes
• 如 — 6 strokes

Senses

1. not equal to; not as good as; inferior to
2. it would be better to

Related words

• 不安ไม่สบายใจ, ไม่มั่นคง
• 不断อย่างต่อเนื่อง, ตลอดเวลา
• 不然มิฉะนั้น
• 不足ไม่เพียงพอ
• 假如ถ้า, หาก
• 如今ทุกวันนี้

不如 is pronounced bùrú and means “ไม่ดีเท่า”. It belongs to the HSK 5 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 不如 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.