缺乏

Chinese

		lack; scarce; vacant post lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of	short of; tired
trad. (缺乏)		缺	乏
simp. #(缺乏)		缺	乏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quēfá

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝ ㄈㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³ fat⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiet-fa̍t / khiat-fa̍t
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khoat-hoa̍t / khoat-ha̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kuêh⁴ huag⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quēfá
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝ ㄈㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuefá
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüeh¹-fa²
    • Yale: chywē-fá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuefar
    • Palladius: цюэфа (cjuefa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵ fä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kyut³ fat⁶
    • Yale: kyut faht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸ fat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: küd³ fed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³ fɐt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiet-fa̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: kied` fad
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiad<sup>5</sup> fad<sup>6</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯et̚² fat̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiat-fa̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiad` fad
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiad⁵ fad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯at̚² fat̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoat-hoa̍t
    • Tâi-lô: khuat-hua̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoathoat
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuat̚³²⁻⁵ huat̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuat̚⁵⁻²⁴ huat̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /kʰuat̚³²⁻⁴ huat̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoat-ha̍t
    • Tâi-lô: khuat-ha̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoathat
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰuat̚³²⁻⁴ hat̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kuêh⁴ huag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khueh hua̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰueʔ²⁻⁴ huak̚⁴/

Verb

缺乏

1. to lack; to be deficient in; to be short of

   缺乏常識／缺乏常识  ―  quēfá chángshí  ―  to lack common sense

   缺乏深度  ―  quēfá shēndù  ―  to lack depth

Synonyms

• 不夠／不够 (bùgòu)
• 不敷 (bùfū) (literary)
• 不滿／不满 (bùmǎn)
• 不足 (bùzú)
• 乏達／乏达 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 匱乏／匮乏 (kuìfá)
• 欠 (qiàn)
• 欠缺 (qiànquē)
• 短少 (duǎnshǎo)
• 短缺 (duǎnquē)
• 絕乏／绝乏 (juéfá) (literary)
• 缺如 (quērú) (literary)
• 缺少 (quēshǎo)
• 缺欠 (quēqiàn)
• 缺缺 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 虧／亏 (kuī)
• 貧／贫 (pín) (literary, or in compounds)
• 闕乏／阙乏 (quēfá) (literary)
• 闕如／阙如 (quērú) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 後天免疫缺乏症候群／后天免疫缺乏症候群 (hòutiān miǎnyì quēfá zhènghòuqún)
• 缺乏症 (quēfázhèng)

 

Korean

Hanja in this term
缺	乏

Noun

缺乏 • (gyeolpip) (hangeul 결핍)

1. Hanja form^? of 결핍 (“lack; deficiency”).