Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- quē
English
- be short of, lack
- deficiency
- gap, deficit
- lack
- scarce
- vacant post
- to run short of
- to be short of; to lack
粵語
- 唔夠；少於所需數量或者種類，唔能夠滿足需要
As a component in
Words containing 缺
- 缺乏kyut3 fat6
to lack; to be short of
- 缺少kyut3 siu2
lack
- 缺點kyut3 dim2
weak point
- 短缺dyun2 kyut3
shortage
- 缺陷kyut3 haam6
defect; flaw
- 缺口kyut3 hau2
nick
- 缺席kyut3 zik6
to be absent
- 缺失kyut3 sat1
lack; deficiency
- 欠缺him3 kyut3
to be deficient in
- 空缺hung1 kyut3
vacancy
- 出缺ceot1 kyut3
to fall vacant
- 缺德kyut3 dak1
mean; nasty; reprehensible; unprincipled
- 殘缺caan4 kyut3
badly damaged
- 缺氧kyut3 joeng5
lacking oxygen
- 缺課kyut3 fo3
Absent; to miss a class
- 缺憾kyut3 ham6
a regret
- 缺貨kyut3 fo3
lack of supplies
- 破缺po3 kyut3
breaking
- 缺油kyut3 jau4
oil shortage
- 列缺lit6 kyut3
lightning (archaic word)
- 缺頁kyut3 jip6
missing page
- 餘缺jyu4 kyut3
surplus and shortfall
- 缺額kyut3 ngaak2
vacancy
- 三缺一saam1 kyut3 jat1
short of one player (mahjong); three-person mahjong