| 1 | 缺乏 | 缺乏 | quē fá | que1 fa2 | to lack; to be short of; lack; shortage | | |
| 2 | 贫乏 | 貧乏 | pín fá | pin2 fa2 | impoverished; lacking; deficient; limited; meager; impoverishment; lack; deficiency | | |
| 3 | 疲乏 | 疲乏 | pí fá | pi2 fa2 | tired; weary | | |
| 4 | 不乏 | 不乏 | bù fá | bu4 fa2 | there is no lack of | | |
| 5 | 欲振乏力 | 欲振乏力 | yù zhèn fá lì | yu4 zhen4 fa2 li4 | to try to rouse oneself but lack the strength (idiom) | | |
| 6 | 波提乏 | 波提乏 | bō tí fá | Bo1 ti2 fa2 | Potiphar, the captain of the pharaoh's guard (in the account of Joseph in the Book of Genesis) | | |
| 7 | 缺乏症 | 缺乏症 | quē fá zhèng | que1 fa2 zheng4 | clinical deficiency | | |
| 8 | 勤劳不虞匮乏 | 勤勞不虞匱乏 | qín láo bù yú kuì fá | qin2 lao2 bu4 yu2 kui4 fa2 | Poverty is a stranger to industry. (idiom) | | |
| 9 | 疲乏不堪 | 疲乏不堪 | pí fá bù kān | pi2 fa2 bu4 kan1 | to be weary; to be washed out (idiom) | | |
| 10 | 劳唇乏舌 | 勞唇乏舌 | láo chún fá shé | lao2 chun2 fa2 she2 | to waste one's words (idiom) | | |
| 11 | 匮乏 | 匱乏 | kuì fá | kui4 fa2 | to be deficient in sth; to be short of sth (supplies, money etc) | | |
| 12 | 解乏 | 解乏 | jiě fá | jie3 fa2 | to relieve tiredness; to freshen up | | |
| 13 | 回天乏术 | 回天乏術 | huí tiān fá shù | hui2 tian1 fa2 shu4 | unable to turn around a hopeless situation (idiom); to fail to save the situation | | |
| 14 | 后继乏人 | 後繼乏人 | hòu jì fá rén | hou4 ji4 fa2 ren2 | see 后继无人 | | |
| 15 | 分身乏术 | 分身乏術 | fēn shēn fá shù | fen1 shen1 fa2 shu4 | to be up to one's ears in work (idiom); to be unable to attend to other things at the same time | | |
| 16 | 乏味 | 乏味 | fá wèi | fa2 wei4 | tedious | | |
| 17 | 乏善可陈 | 乏善可陳 | fá shàn kě chén | fa2 shan4 ke3 chen2 | to be nothing to write home about (idiom) | | |
| 18 | 乏人照顾 | 乏人照顧 | fá rén zhào gù | fa2 ren2 zhao4 gu4 | (of a person) left unattended; not cared for | | |
| 19 | 乏燃料储存 | 乏燃料儲存 | fá rán liào chǔ cún | fa2 ran2 liao4 chu3 cun2 | spent fuel storage | | |
| 20 | 乏燃料棒 | 乏燃料棒 | fá rán liào bàng | fa2 ran2 liao4 bang4 | spent fuel rods | | |
| 21 | 乏燃料 | 乏燃料 | fá rán liào | fa2 ran2 liao4 | spent fuel | | |
| 22 | 乏力 | 乏力 | fá lì | fa2 li4 | lacking in strength; weak; feeble | | |
| 23 | 乏 | 乏 | fá | fa2 | short of; tired | | |
| 24 | 单调乏味 | 單調乏味 | dān diào fá wèi | dan1 diao4 fa2 wei4 | monotonous; dull; tedious (idiom) | | |
| 25 | 承乏 | 承乏 | chéng fá | cheng2 fa2 | to accept a position on a provisional basis, in the absence of better qualified candidates (humble expr.) | | |