缺缺

Chinese

		lack; scarce; vacant post lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of	lack; scarce; vacant post lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of
trad. (缺缺)		缺	缺
simp. #(缺缺)		缺	缺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): que² que^2-1

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khih-khoat

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• Mandarin
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: que² que^2-1
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kyekye
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰye²¹ t͡ɕʰye²¹⁻⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khih-khoat
    • Tâi-lô: khih-khuat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qihqoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰuat̚³²/

Noun

缺缺

1. (Sichuanese) gap; crevice (Classifier: 個／个)

Synonyms

• 缺口 (quēkǒu)
• 缺子 (Yangzhou Mandarin)
• 缺蕩／缺荡 (Shanghainese)
• 缺角 (Hokkien)
• 豁口 (huōkǒu)
• 豁子 (huōzi)

 

Verb

缺缺

1. (Xiamen Hokkien) to lack; to be deficient in; to be short of

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)
• 缺少 (quēshǎo)
• 缺欠 (quēqiàn)
• 虧／亏 (kuī)
• 貧／贫 (pín) (literary, or in compounds)
• 闕乏／阙乏 (quēfá) (literary)
• 闕如／阙如 (quērú) (literary)