不如 bùrú▶ không bằng

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Bất an, không ổn định
• 不断Liên tục; không ngừng
• 不然nếu không thì
• 不足không đủ; thiếu
• 假如Nếu
• 如今ngày nay

不如 is pronounced bùrú and means “không bằng”. 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.