One word, one everyday story

Culture · Create free account · Log in · Feedback

Teaching entries and general reference records are shown separately. Independent language review of teaching entries is pending.

suffice

/səfaɪs/

Original teaching content · provenance and version

Example recordings passed technical checks; use the rating controls to flag pronunciation quality.

English pronunciation · Synthesized MP3 · Audio-factory quality review passed

1 · verb

be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity

足够；足以

Read the example to see suffice in context.

One bottle of water should suffice for the short walk.
English pronunciation · Synthesized MP3 · Audio-factory quality review passed

Is this recording accurate and natural?

这段短途步行带一瓶水应该够了。
Mandarin pronunciation · Synthesized MP3 · Audio-factory quality review passed

Is this recording accurate and natural?

Share this public expression

Connect this word to your life

Pronunciation: /səfaɪs/

Try using this word in a sentence of your own; you may skip this.