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缺乏

quēfá

to lack; to be short of

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Meaning of 缺乏 in English

quēfáHSK 5verbSyllabus #2905
  1. to lack; to be short of

Example sentences

  1. 我们现在缺乏库存。
    wǒ men xiàn zài quē fá kù cún。
    We're out of stock now.
    Tatoeba #4845135 by pig8322 · #40894 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 汤姆缺乏灵活性。
    tāng mǔ quē fá líng huó xìng。
    Tom lacks flexibility.
    Tatoeba #10019680 by GlossaMatik · #5112909 by Airvian · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 没有什么比做事缺乏热情更糟。
    méi yǒu shén me bǐ zuò shì quē fá rè qíng gèng zāo。
    There is nothing worse than doing something in a half-hearted manner.
    Tatoeba #1394875 by mtdot · #1193960 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

缺 on its own →
quē · to run short of

HSK words with 缺

缺HSK 4缺点HSK 4缺少HSK 4短缺HSK 6缺陷HSK 6残缺HSK 7–9紧缺HSK 7–9欠缺HSK 7–9缺口HSK 7–9缺失HSK 7–9
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HSK words with 乏

不乏HSK 7–9乏力HSK 7–9贫乏HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences