短處

See also: 短处

Chinese

		lack; short	a place; location; spot a place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect; to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to stay; get along with; to be in a position of; deal with
trad. (短處)		短	處
simp. (短处)		短	处

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duǎnchu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˇ ˙ㄔㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dyun² cyu³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tón-chhu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): toán--chhìr / toán-chhù / toán-chhì / té-chhù

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duǎnchu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˇ ˙ㄔㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duǎnchů
    • Wade–Giles: tuan³-chʻu⁵
    • Yale: dwǎn-chu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: doan.chu
    • Palladius: дуаньчу (duanʹču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än²¹⁴ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dyun² cyu³
    • Yale: dyún chyu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dyn² tsy³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dün² qu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyːn³⁵ t͡sʰyː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tón-chhu
    • Hakka Romanization System: don` cu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: don³ cu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ton³¹ t͡sʰu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toán--chhìr
    • Tâi-lô: tuán--tshìr
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toán-chhù
    • Tâi-lô: tuán-tshù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doafnzhux
    • IPA (Taipei): /tuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tuan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toán-chhì
    • Tâi-lô: tuán-tshì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doafnchix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰi²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: té-chhù
    • Tâi-lô: té-tshù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: defzhux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /te⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu²¹/

Noun

短處

1. shortcoming; defect; fault; one's weak points

Synonyms

• 弊害 (bìhài)
• 弊病 (bìbìng)
• 弊端 (bìduān)
• 欠缺 (qiànquē)
• 毛病 (máobìng)
• 缺失 (quēshī)
• 缺欠 (quēqiàn)
• 缺陷 (quēxiàn)
• 缺點／缺点 (quēdiǎn)
• 陷 (xiàn) (literary, or in compounds)

 

Related terms

• 把柄 (bǎbǐng)
• 痛腳／痛脚 (tòngjiǎo)