# 不如
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bùrú
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bat$^1$ jyu$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): put-yì
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-lû / put-lîr / put-jî / put-jû
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$peq-zy
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bùrú
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bùrú
*** Wade–Giles: pu$^4$-ju$^2$
*** Yale: bù-rú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buru
*** Palladius: бужу (bužu)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bat$^1$ jyu$^4$
*** Yale: bāt yùh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bat$^7$ jy$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bed$^1$ yu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-yì
*** Hakka Romanization System: bud$^ˋ$ i$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bud$^5$ yi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /put̚² i¹¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-yì
*** Hakka Romanization System: bud$^ˋ$ (r)i$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bud$^5$ yi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /put̚² (j)i¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-lû
*** Tâi-lô: put-lû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: putluu
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ lu²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ lu²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-lîr
*** Tâi-lô: put-lîr
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ lɯ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-jî
*** Tâi-lô: put-jî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: putjii
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ d͡zi¹³/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-jû
*** Tâi-lô: put-jû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: putjuu
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ zu²³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$peq-zy
*** MiniDict: peh$^入$ zy
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$peq-zr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pəʔ³³ zz̩⁴⁴/

### Verb

不如
* to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as; cannot compare to; to be inferior to
       Jīntiān bùrú zuótiān nuǎnhuo. [Pinyin]
       Today is not as warm as yesterday.
       Yǒuxiē rén huó de zhēn bùrú chùsheng. [Pinyin]
       Some people are so contemptible.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 不若 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 比不上, 不如, 不比 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 當不倒 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 比唔上 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 𣍐拚, 𣍐拚得, 無拚, 無比止, 較輸 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 無拚, 較輸 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 𣍐拚, 𣍐拚得, 無拚, 較輸 |

#### Derived terms

* 人算不如天算 (rén suàn bùrú tiān suàn)
* 好死不如賴活著／好死不如赖活著 (hǎosǐ bùrú lài huózhe)
* 授人以魚不如授人以漁／授人以鱼不如授人以渔 (shòu rén yǐ yú bùrú shòu rén yǐ yú)
* 揚湯止沸，不如去薪／扬汤止沸，不如去薪 (yángtāngzhǐfèi, bùrú qù xīn)
* 擇日不如撞日／择日不如撞日 (zérì bùrú zhuàng rì)
* 求人不如求己 (qiúrén bùrú qiújǐ)
* 獨樂樂不如眾樂樂／独乐乐不如众乐乐 (dú yuè lè bùrú zhòng yuè lè)
* 生不如死 (shēngbùrúsǐ)
* 百聞不如一見／百闻不如一见 (bǎi wén bùrú yī jiàn)
* 盡信書不如無書／尽信书不如无书 (jìn xìn shū bùrú wú shū)
* 相見不如懷念／相见不如怀念 (xiāngjiàn bùrú huáiniàn)
* 聞名不如見面／闻名不如见面 (wénmíng bùrú jiànmiàn)
* 臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網／临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网 (lín yuān xiàn yú, bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng)
* 自愧不如 (zìkuì-bùrú)
* 落水的鳳凰不如雞／落水的凤凰不如鸡 (luòshuǐ de fènghuáng bùrú jī)
* 豬狗不如／猪狗不如 (zhūgǒubùrú)
* 遠親不如近鄰／远亲不如近邻 (yuǎnqīn bùrú jìnlín)
* 長痛不如短痛／长痛不如短痛 (cháng tòng bùrú duǎn tòng)

### Conjunction

不如
* it would be better to; might as well; let's
       bat$^1$ jyu$^4$ gam$^1$ jat$^6$ heoi$^3$ jau$^4$ seoi$^2$ laa$^1$! [Jyutping]
       Let's go swimming today!

#### Synonyms

* (archaic) 何如 (hérú)
* (literary) 莫若 (mòruò), 莫如 (mòrú)
* (Jin) 哪如

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 不 | 如 |
| しかず ||
| Grade: 4 | Grade: S |
| jukujikun ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 不如 – see the following entry. :
| 【如しかず】 | [verb] negative of 如く [verb] to be worse than; be inferior to Alternative spellings 不若, 若かず, 不及, 及かず |
(This term, 不如, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :