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Pinyin: quē
English Definition: deficiency; lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of
Chinese Definition:
①不够:缺乏。缺少。缺憾。欠缺。缺漏。
②残破:缺点。缺口。缺陷。
③空额(指职位):缺额。补缺。
④该到而未到:缺勤。缺席。
⑤短欠余。
Antonyms: 出工 旷工
Total strokes: 10; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (jar) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ fǒu ] earthen crock or jar; pottery
    • [ guài ] decisive, certain; parted; fork
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Example Words
缺乏 quē to lack; to be short of; lack; shortage
缺少 quē shǎo lack; shortage of; shortfall; to be short (of); to lack
缺陷 quē xiàn defect; flaw; physical defect
短缺 duǎn quē shortage
缺点 quē diǎn weak point; fault; shortcoming; disadvantage; Classifiers:
More: 缺* | *缺 | *缺*
Example Sentences
1
Not a single one of these conditions can be dispensed with.
2
There, as he did not lack money, he procured clothing.
3
使西
This means if you use what you have carefully, you will never lack anything.
4
Believe or not, it could also be the sign of an iron deficiency.
5
"China has no shortage of this kind of talent, " he said.