Chinese word dictionary

缺乏

quēfá · to lack; to be short of

Word information

Simplified缺乏
Traditional缺乏
Pinyinquēfá
Part of speech
HSK 3.05
HSK 2.05

How to learn 缺乏

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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