Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- fá
English
- lack
- short of
- to lack
- poor
- tired
粵語
- 數量不足
As a component in · 47
Words containing 乏
- 缺乏kyut3 fat6
to lack; to be short of
- 不乏bat1 fat6
there is no lack of
- 匱乏gwai6 fat6
to be deficient in sth
- 乏力fat6 lik6
lacking in strength; weak; feeble
- 貧乏pan4 fat6
impoverished
- 乏味fat6 mei6
tedious
- 疲乏pei4 fat6
tired
- 解乏gaai2 fat6
to relieve tiredness
- 困乏kwan3 fat6
so poor that one cannot even afford the basic necessities; dirt-poor; impecunious; destitute
- 乏燃料fat6 jin4 liu2
(nuclear energy) spent fuel
- 承乏sing4 fat6
to accept a position on a provisional basis, in the absence of better qualified candidates (humble expr.)
- 語言匱乏jyu5 jin4 gwai6 fat6
language deficit (linguistics)
- 缺乏症kyut3 fat6 zing3
clinical deficiency
- 回天乏術wui4 tin1 fat6 seot6
(idiom) nothing can be done to remedy the situation; beyond recovery
- 乏善可陳fat6 sin6 ho2 can4
(idiom) to be nothing to write home about
- 乏善足陳fat6 sin6 zuk1 can4
there is nothing worth mentioning for one
- 分身乏術fan1 san1 fat6 seot6
to be up to one's ears in work (idiom)
- 欲振乏力juk6 zan3 fat6 lik6
to try to rouse oneself but lack the strength (idiom)
- 後繼乏人hau6 gai3 fat6 jan4
see 後繼無人|后继无人[hou4 ji4 wu2 ren2]
- 波提乏bo1 tai4 fat6
Potiphar, the captain of the pharaoh's guard (in the account of Joseph in the Book of Genesis)
- 人困馬乏jan4 kwan3 maa5 fat6
riders tired and horses weary (idiom)
- 單調乏味daan1 diu6 fat6 mei6
monotonous
- 不乏其人bat1 fat6 kei4 jan4
not lacking people who share same thought or qualifications
- 不乏其例bat1 fat6 kei4 lai6