Chinese word dictionary

欠缺

qiànquē · to be deficient in; lapse; deficiency

Practice word

Word information

Simplified欠缺

Traditional欠缺

Pinyinqiànquē

Part of speech动、名

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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

欠qiàn

to lack, to owe; to breathe, to yawn

缺quē

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

How to learn 欠缺

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.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

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

欠qiàn

to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body)

缺乏quēfá

to lack; to be short of

短缺duǎnquē

shortage