粵

匱gwai6乏fat6

simp匮乏
gwai6 fat6kuì fá

English

  1. to be deficient in sth
  2. to be short of sth (supplies, money etc)
  3. deficient; be short of something

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 缺乏;缺少

Examples

  • 不浪費則不匱乏。

    Waste not, want not.

    Tatoeba · egg0073 CC BY

  • 日本即便是自然资源匮乏,却仍得益于国际贸易,成为了一个强大的经济体。

    Though it is poor in natural resources, Japan has become an economic superpower thanks to international trade.

    Tatoeba · jan_OkulaJu CC BY

  • 戰爭過後,所有資源都好匱乏。

    All sorts of resources become deficient after the war.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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