不佳

bùjiā

adjective

Meanings

1 poor
2 not good
3 unsatisfactory

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

由于天气不佳，航班推迟了两个小时。

Yóuyú tiānqì bùjiā, hángbān tuīchí le liǎng ge xiǎoshí.

Because of poor weather, the flight was delayed by two hours.

HSK 5

他今天状态不佳。

Tā jīntiān zhuàngtài bùjiā.

He's not in good form today.

Tips

register

不佳 is the formal, written way to say 不好, and it follows the noun it judges: 业绩不佳 'poor results', 效果不佳 'not effective', 视力不佳 'poor eyesight'. 佳 alone is literary 'good', as in 最佳 'best'.

Stroke Order

不 bù

佳 jiā