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lack; scarce; vacant post lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of |
lack; scarce; vacant post lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of |
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Pronunciation
Noun
缺缺
- (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
- (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)