匱乏

See also: 匮乏

Chinese

		lacking; empty; exhausted	short of; tired
trad. (匱乏)		匱	乏
simp. (匮乏)		匮	乏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuìfá

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˋ ㄈㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai⁶ fat⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khùi-hoa̍t / kūi-hoa̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuìfá
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˋ ㄈㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuèifá
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuei⁴-fa²
    • Yale: kwèi-fá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kueyfar
    • Palladius: куйфа (kujfa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ fä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai⁶ fat⁶
    • Yale: gwaih faht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai⁶ fat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei⁶ fed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯²² fɐt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khùi-hoa̍t
    • Tâi-lô: khuì-hua̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: quie'hoat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰui²¹⁻⁵³ huat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰui²¹⁻⁵³ huat̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ huat̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kūi-hoa̍t
    • Tâi-lô: kuī-hua̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuixhoat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kui²²⁻²¹ huat̚⁴/

Adjective

匱乏

1. short (of); scarce; lacking

   物資極度匱乏／物资极度匮乏  ―  wùzī jídù kuìfá  ―  to have a severe shortage of supplies

Usage notes

Often collocates with 資源／资源 (zīyuán) and 人才 (réncái).

Synonyms

• 不夠／不够 (bùgòu)
• 不敷 (bùfū) (literary)
• 不滿／不满 (bùmǎn)
• 不足 (bùzú)
• 乏達／乏达 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 欠 (qiàn)
• 欠缺 (qiànquē)
• 短少 (duǎnshǎo)
• 短缺 (duǎnquē)
• 絕乏／绝乏 (juéfá) (literary)
• 缺乏 (quēfá)
• 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

• 不虞匱乏／不虞匮乏