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Definition 2024

缺乏

缺乏

Chinese

		lack; scarce; vacant post lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of	short of; tired
simp. and trad. (缺乏)		缺	乏

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

Synonyms

匱乏／匮乏 (kuìfá)
缺少 (quēshǎo)

Derived terms

後天免疫缺乏症候群／后天免疫缺乏症候群

缺乏症 (quēfázhèng)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): quēfá

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: quēfá
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝㄈㄚˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuefar
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰɥ̯œ⁵⁵ fa̠³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kyut³ fat⁶
  - Yale: kyut faht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸ fat⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³ fɐt̚²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiet-fa̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: kied` fad
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kiad⁵ fad⁶
  - IPA: /kʰi̯et̚² fat̚⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiat-fa̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: kiad` fad
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kiad⁵ fad⁶
  - IPA: /kʰi̯at̚² fat̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoat-ha̍t / khoat-hoa̍t
  - Tâi-lô: khuat-ha̍t / khuat-hua̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoathat, qoathoat
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuat̚³²⁻⁴ hat̚⁴/, /kʰuat̚³²⁻⁴ huat̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuat̚⁵⁻²⁴ hat̚²⁴/, /kʰuat̚⁵⁻²⁴ huat̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuat̚³²⁻⁵ hat̚¹²¹/, /kʰuat̚³²⁻⁵ huat̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰuat̚³²⁻⁴ hat̚⁴/, /kʰuat̚³²⁻⁴ huat̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuat̚³²⁻⁴ hat̚⁴/, /kʰuat̚³²⁻⁴ huat̚⁴/