Chinese word dictionary

缺少

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

Practice word

Word information

Simplified缺少

Traditional缺少

Pinyinquēshǎo

Part of speech动

HSK 3.04

HSK 2.04

Character breakdown

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

缺quē

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

少shǎo

few, little; less; inadequate

How to learn 缺少

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.

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Words with the same characters

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多少duōshao

how much?; how many?; (phone number, student ID etc) what number?

少shǎo

few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom

减少jiǎnshǎo

to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower

缺quē

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

缺点quēdiǎn

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

少见shǎojiàn

rare; seldom seen; (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you