Chinese word dictionary

匮缺

kuì quē · to be deficient in sth; to be short of sth (supplies, money etc)

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Word information

Simplified匮缺

Traditional匱缺

Pinyinkuì quē

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

匮kuì

to lack; lacking, deficient; exhausted; empty

缺quē

to lack, to be short; vacancy, gap, deficit

How to learn 匮缺

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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缺quē

deficiency; lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of

缺点quēdiǎn

weak point; fault; shortcoming; disadvantage; CL:個|个[ge4]

缺少quēshǎo

lack; shortage of; shortfall; to be short (of); to lack

缺乏quēfá

to lack; to be short of

短缺duǎnquē

shortage

缺陷quēxiàn

defect; flaw