Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- guì
- Kuì
- kuì
English
- to lack
- surname Kui
- variant of 櫃|柜[gui4]
- to lack
- lacking
- empty
- exhausted
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 匱
- 匱乏gwai6 fat6
to be deficient in sth
- 空匱hung1 gwai6
scarce
- 窮匱kung4 gwai6
to be short of sth
- 疲匱pei4 gwai6
tired
- 匱竭gwai6 kit3
exhausted
- 語言匱乏jyu5 jin4 gwai6 fat6
language deficit (linguistics)
- 不匱bat1 gwai6
(literary) to never have a deficiency; to never be lacking
- 金匱gam1 gwai6
variant of 金櫃|金柜[jin1 gui4]
- 匱缺gwai6 kyut3
to be deficient in sth
- 恤匱seot1 gwai6
to relieve the distressed
- 罄匱hing3 gwai6
used-up
- 窘匱kwan3 gwai6
destitute
- 不虞匱乏bat1 jyu4 gwai6 fat6
to have ample supplies (or money etc)
- 無虞匱乏mou4 jyu4 gwai6 fat6
see 不虞匱乏|不虞匮乏[bu4 yu2 kui4 fa2]
- 金匱石室gam1 gwai6 sek6 sat1
variant of 金櫃石室|金柜石室[jin1 gui4 shi2 shi4]
- 孝思不匱haau3 si1 bat1 gwai6
to be forever filial (idiom)
- 勤則不匱kan4 zak1 bat1 gwai6
If one is industrious, one will not be in want. (idiom)
- 不儉則匱bat1 gim6 zak1 gwai6