少缺

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chió-kheh / chió-khoeh

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chió-kheh
    • Tâi-lô: tsió-kheh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioy'qeq
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰeʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chió-khoeh
    • Tâi-lô: tsió-khueh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioy'qoeq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰueʔ³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰueʔ³²/

Verb

少缺

1. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to lack; to be short of; to miss

   你毋來就煞煞去，無少缺你一人。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   你毋来就煞煞去，无少缺你一人。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   Lí m̄ lâi chiū soah-soah-khì, bô chió-khoeh lí chi̍t lâng. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   Forget it if you're not coming, we won't lack you as one person.

2. (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, rhetorical) to not lack; to not be deficient in; to not be short of

   你買這欲創啥？咱兜少缺。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   你买这欲创啥？咱兜少缺。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   Lí bé che beh chhòng siáⁿ? Lán tau chió-khoeh. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   You bought this for what? Our house isn't lacking.

Synonyms

• (to lack):

• 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)
• 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)

 

• (to not lack): (Hokkien) 欠缺