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): ㄑㄩㄝㄈㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³ fat⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiet-fa̍t / khiat-fa̍t
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khoat-hoa̍t / khoat-ha̍t

(Teochew, Peng'im): kuêh⁴ huag⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: quēfá
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝㄈㄚˊ
  - 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: kiad⁵ fad⁶
  - 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

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)

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