缺

quē

Definitions

1. deficiency
2. lack
3. scarce
4. vacant post
5. to run short of

Example Sentences

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我很 缺 錢。

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Words Containing 缺

• 欠缺 qiàn quē: to be deficient in
• 残缺 cán quē: badly damaged
• 短缺 duǎn quē: shortage
• 紧缺 jǐn quē: in short supply
• 缺乏 quē fá: to lack; to be short of
• 缺口 quē kǒu: nick
• 缺失 quē shī: lack; deficiency
• 缺少 quē shǎo: lack
• 缺席 quē xí: absence
• 缺陷 quē xiàn: defect; flaw
• 缺点 quē diǎn: weak point
• 不可或缺 bù kě huò quē: necessary
• 不可缺少 bù kě quē shǎo: indispensable
• 人类免疫缺陷病毒 rén lèi miǎn yì quē xiàn bìng dú: human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
• 保残守缺 bǎo cán shǒu quē: conservative
• 候缺 hòu quē: waiting for a vacancy
• 俭则不缺 jiǎn zé bù quē: frugality prevents destitution (idiom)
• 先天性缺陷 xiān tiān xìng quē xiàn: birth defect
• 出生缺陷 chū shēng quē xiàn: birth defect
• 出缺 chū quē: to fall vacant
• 列缺 liè quē: lightning (archaic word)
• 列缺霹雳 liè quē pī lì: lightning and thunder
• 匮缺 kuì quē: to be deficient in sth
• 圆缺 yuán quē: waxing and waning (of the moon)
• 奇缺 qí quē: very short of (food, clean water etc)
• 完好无缺 wán hǎo wú quē: in perfect condition
• 完美无缺 wán měi wú quē: perfect and without blemish
• 宁缺勿滥 nìng quē wù làn: same as 寧缺毋濫|宁缺毋滥[nìng quē wú làn]
• 宁缺毋滥 nìng quē wú làn: better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option
• 对称破缺 duì chèn pò quē: symmetry breaking (physics)
• 必不可缺 bì bù kě quē: see 必不可少[bì bù kě shǎo]
• 悲剧缺陷 bēi jù quē xiàn: tragic flaw (Aristotle's hamartia)
• 或缺 huò quē: to lack
• 抱残守缺 bào cán shǒu quē: to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn (idiom); conservative
• 拾遗补缺 shí yí bǔ quē: to remedy omissions and correct errors (idiom)
• 暂缺 zàn quē: currently in short supply
• 月缺 yuè quē: new moon
• 注意力缺失症 zhù yì lì quē shī zhèng: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• 注意力缺陷多动症 zhù yì lì quē xiàn duō dòng zhèng: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• 注意力缺陷过动症 zhù yì lì quē xiàn guò dòng zhèng: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• 无缺 wú quē: whole
• 短斤缺两 duǎn jīn quē liǎng: to give short weight
• 破缺 pò quē: breaking
• 稀缺 xī quē: scarce
• 空缺 kòng quē: vacancy
• 缺一不可 quē yī bù kě: not a single one is dispensable
• 缺乏症 quē fá zhèng: clinical deficiency
• 缺位 quē wèi: (of a position) to fall vacant
• 缺勤 quē qín: to be absent from work or school
• 缺嘴 quē zuǐ: harelip
• 缺德 quē dé: to be lacking in moral sense
• 缺德事 quē dé shì: misdeed
• 缺德鬼 quē dé guǐ: public nuisance
• 缺心少肺 quē xīn shǎo fèi: brainless
• 缺心眼 quē xīn yǎn: stupid
• 缺憾 quē hàn: a regret
• 缺损 quē sǔn: defective
• 缺斤少两 quē jīn shǎo liǎng: to give short weight
• 缺斤短两 quē jīn duǎn liǎng: to give short weight
• 缺氧 quē yǎng: lacking oxygen
• 缺氧症 quē yǎng zhèng: anoxia
• 缺水 quē shuǐ: water shortage
• 缺油 quē yóu: oil shortage
• 缺漏 quē lòu: to overlook
• 缺省 quē shěng: default (setting)
• 缺粮 quē liáng: to lack food supplies
• 缺血 quē xuè: (of an organ) to have insufficient blood supply
• 缺衣少食 quē yī shǎo shí: short of food and clothing
• 缺角 quē jiǎo: (of a square shape, such as a house plan) to have a corner missing
• 缺货 quē huò: lack of supplies
• 缺钱 quē qián: shortage of money
• 缺电 quē diàn: electricity shortage
• 缺额 quē é: vacancy
• 职缺 zhí quē: (job) opening
• 肥缺 féi quē: lucrative post
• 能源短缺 néng yuán duǎn quē: energy shortage
• 自发对称破缺 zì fā duì chèn pò quē: spontaneous symmetry breaking (physics)
• 虚缺号 xū quē hào: white square character ( □ ), used to represent a missing ideograph
• 亏缺 kuī quē: to be lacking
• 补缺 bǔ quē: to fill a vacancy
• 补缺拾遗 bǔ quē shí yí: see 拾遺補缺|拾遗补缺[shí yí bǔ quē]
• 言语缺陷 yán yǔ quē xiàn: speech defect
• 语言缺陷 yǔ yán quē xiàn: speech defect
• 遗缺 yí quē: vacancy
• 零缺点 líng quē diǎn: zero defect
• 余缺 yú quē: surplus and shortfall