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