欠缺
Chinese edit
deficient; owe; to lack deficient; owe; to lack; yawn |
lack; scarce; vacant post lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of | ||
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trad. (欠缺) | 欠 | 缺 | |
simp. #(欠缺) | 欠 | 缺 | |
anagram | 缺欠 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
欠缺
Synonyms edit
Verb edit
欠缺
- (Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Quanzhou, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) to lack; to be deficient in; to be short of
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) to need something due to deficiency
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to not lack; to not be deficient in; to not be short of
Synonyms edit
- (to lack):
- 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)
- 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)
- (to not lack): (Hokkien) 少缺
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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欠 | 缺 |
けん Grade: 4 |
けつ Hyōgaiji |
kan’on |
Etymology edit
From Middle Chinese 欠缺 (MC khjaemH khwet).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
欠缺 • (kenketsu) ←けんけつ (kenketu)?
Usage notes edit
The term would be *欠欠 if written in shinjitai, and as such, the kyūjitai form is preserved to avoid ambiguities.
References edit
Korean edit
Hanja in this term | |
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欠 | 缺 |
Noun edit
Vietnamese edit
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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欠 | 缺 |
Noun edit
欠缺
- chữ Hán form of khiếm khuyết (“shortcoming; defect”).
Adjective edit
欠缺
- chữ Hán form of khiếm khuyết (“deficient; lacking”).