跟不上 meaning in English

gēn bu shàng

not able to keep up with

HSK 7-920 strokes

Meaning of 跟不上

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

gēnbushàng
  1. not able to keep up with

跟不上 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

不bú要yào走zǒu得de那nà么me快kuài。我wǒ跟gēn不bù上shàng你nǐ。
Don't walk so quickly. I can't keep up with you.
你nǐ走zǒu得de这zhè么me快kuài,我wǒ跟gēn不bù上shàng呀ya。
I can't keep up with you if you walk so fast.
请qǐng别bié走zǒu得de那nà么me快kuài,我wǒ跟gēn不bù上shàng你nǐ。
Please don't walk so fast. I can't keep pace with you.
你nǐ走zǒu得de太tài快kuài我wǒ跟gēn不bù上shàng。
You walk too fast for me to keep up with you.
不bú要yào走zǒu得de那nà么me快kuài!我wǒ跟gēn不bù上shàng你nǐ们men了le。
Don't walk so fast! I can't keep up with you.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

跟 gēn · heel · 13 strokes

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不 bù · no · 4 strokes

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上 shàng · up · 3 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 跟不上.

对不起duìbuqǐI'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
是不是shì bu shìis or is not (used to form yes-no questions)
不用bùyòngneed not
马上mǎshàngat once; right away
晚上wǎnshangevening; night
身上shēnshangon the body; at hand
早上zǎoshangearly morning
上次shàng cìlast time
路上lùshangon the road; on the way; en route
上班shàngbānto go to work; to be on duty
上车shàng chēto get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)
地上dìshangon the ground; on the floor

Questions about 跟不上

What does 跟不上 mean?

跟不上 (gēn bu shàng) means "not able to keep up with".

How do you write 跟不上?

跟不上 is made of 3 characters: 跟 (13 strokes), 不 (4 strokes), 上 (3 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

Is 跟不上 an HSK word?

Yes. 跟不上 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.