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够 (enough / sufficient)
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Is there enough food?
- You invited eight friends, but only cooked for four.
- vegetable菜not enough不够(completed / change)了，I / me我again / then再to make做两个(suggestion)吧。 — "There isn't enough food; I'll make two more dishes."
Noun + enough够 / not enough不够
- enough够 = enough; it works like a verb or adjective: coin钱enough够(completed / change)了, time时间not enough不够, person人enough够not不enough够？
- enough够 also follows a noun: we我们person人enough够(completed / change)了 — "We have enough people."
time时间not不enough够了。
Complete: “Is there enough money?” 钱____不够？
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够不够 asks whether it is enough.
enough够 + Verb: enough to …
- coin钱enough够to buy买一张ticket票。 — "The money is enough to buy one ticket."
- With not不: this这些food饭not enough不够eat吃。 — "This rice isn't enough (to eat)."
this这些food饭not不enough够eat吃。
Build: “The money is enough to buy one ticket.”
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Noun + 够 + verb phrase.
Position
- enough够 normally follows the thing that is enough: coin钱enough够(completed / change)了, time时间not enough不够.
- "Enough to do" puts the verb after enough够: enough够eat吃, adequate够用, not eat吃enough够 (that means "have had one's fill").
Which says “This water isn't enough to drink”?
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不够 + verb = not enough to.
enough够 + Adj, sufficient足够
- enough够 + Adj = "enough": this这个room房间enough够see 大夫大 — "This room is big enough." In an exclamation it means "really": you你enough够(used to describe sb or sth…厉害！ — "You're really something!"
- sufficient足够 is more formal: we我们have有sufficient足够(modifier / structural particle)的time时间 — "We have sufficient time."
we我们have有sufficient足够的time时间。
足够 is more formal than 够.
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足够(的) = sufficient, often in writing.
Recap
- X + enough够 / not enough不够 = X is (not) enough; enough够 + Verb = enough to: enough够eat吃, adequate够用.
- enough够 + Adj = adj enough; sufficient足够((modifier / structural particle)的) is formal "sufficient".
Read the full reference: HSK 4 grammar — Adverbs.
You invited eight friends, but only cooked for four. Close the examples. Say a Mandarin response, then write it in Chinese. Explain briefly in English what the lesson’s pattern adds. Compare with the model, then change one detail and try again.
This is supported productive practice. Compare meaning and structure; your answer need not copy the model. A partner or teacher must hear the spoken response to comment on pronunciation.