缺少

Chinese

		lack; scarce; vacant post lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of	young; few; little young; few; little; lack
trad. (缺少)		缺	少
simp. #(缺少)		缺	少
anagram		少缺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quēshǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝ ㄕㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³ siu²

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

  (Hokkien, POJ): khoat-siáu / khoat-chió / khoeh-chió

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kuêh⁴ zio²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quēshǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝ ㄕㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyueshǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüeh¹-shao³
    • Yale: chywē-shǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiueshao
    • Palladius: цюэшао (cjuešao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kyut³ siu²
    • Yale: kyut síu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸ siu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: küd³ xiu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³ siːu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiet-séu
    • Hakka Romanization System: kied` seu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiad⁵ seu³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯et̚² seu̯³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiat-séu
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiad` seu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiad⁵ seu³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯at̚² seu̯³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoat-siáu
    • Tâi-lô: khuat-siáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoatsiao
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuat̚⁵⁻²⁴ siau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuat̚³²⁻⁵ siau⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuat̚³²⁻⁴ siau⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoat-chió
    • Tâi-lô: khuat-tsió
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoatcioir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuat̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sio⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuat̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sio⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoeh-chió
    • Tâi-lô: khueh-tsió
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoehcioir
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sio⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kuêh⁴ zio²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khueh tsió
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰueʔ²⁻⁴ t͡sio⁵²⁻²¹/

Verb

缺少

1. to lack; to be short of; to miss

   缺少的環節／缺少的环节  ―  quēshǎo de huánjié  ―  missing link

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)
• 缺乏 (quēfá)
• 缺如 (quērú) (literary)
• 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)