匮缺 匱缺
匮缺 匱缺 kuì quē ㄎㄨㄟˋ ㄑㄩㄝ gwai6 kyut3
- to be deficient in sth
- to be short of sth (supplies, money etc)
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匮 匱
- 不匮 不匱 bù kuì ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄨㄟˋ bat1 gwai6 (literary) to never have a deficiency; to never be lacking
- 匮乏 匱乏 kuì fá ㄎㄨㄟˋ ㄈㄚˊ gwai6 fat6 to be deficient in sth
- 匮竭 匱竭 kuì jié ㄎㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ gwai6 kit3 exhausted
- 恤匮 恤匱 xù kuì ㄒㄩˋ ㄎㄨㄟˋ seot1 gwai6 to relieve the distressed
- 疲匮 疲匱 pí kuì ㄆㄧˊ ㄎㄨㄟˋ pei4 gwai6 tired
Show 11 more words with 匮 匱
- 空匮 空匱 kòng kuì ㄎㄨㄥˋ ㄎㄨㄟˋ hung1 gwai6 scarce
- 窘匮 窘匱 jiǒng kuì ㄐㄩㄥˇ ㄎㄨㄟˋ kwan3 gwai6 destitute
- 穷匮 窮匱 qióng kuì ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄎㄨㄟˋ kung4 gwai6 to be short of sth
- 罄匮 罄匱 qìng kuì ㄑㄧㄥˋ ㄎㄨㄟˋ hing3 gwai6 used-up
- 金匮 金匱 jīn guì ㄐㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄟˋ variant of 金柜
- 不虞匮乏 不虞匱乏 bù yú kuì fá ㄅㄨˋ ㄩˊ ㄎㄨㄟˋ ㄈㄚˊ to have ample supplies (or money etc)
- 勤则不匮 勤則不匱 qín zé bù kuì ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄗㄜˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄨㄟˋ kan4 zak1 bat1 gwai6 If one is industrious, one will not be in want. (idiom)
- 孝思不匮 孝思不匱 xiào sī bù kuì ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄙ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄨㄟˋ haau3 si1 bat1 gwai6 to be forever filial (idiom)
- 无虞匮乏 無虞匱乏 wú yú kuì fá ㄨˊ ㄩˊ ㄎㄨㄟˋ ㄈㄚˊ mou4 jyu4 gwai6 fat6 see 不虞匮乏
- 语言匮乏 語言匱乏 yǔ yán kuì fá ㄩˇ ㄧㄢˊ ㄎㄨㄟˋ ㄈㄚˊ jyu5 jin4 gwai6 fat6 language deficit (linguistics)
- 金匮石室 金匱石室 jīn guì shí shì ㄐㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄕˊ ㄕˋ variant of 金柜石室
缺
- 欠缺 qiàn quē ㄑㄧㄢˋ ㄑㄩㄝ him3 kyut3 to be deficient in
- 残缺 殘缺 cán quē ㄘㄢˊ ㄑㄩㄝ caan4 kyut3 badly damaged
- 短缺 duǎn quē ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄑㄩㄝ dyun2 kyut3 shortage
- 紧缺 緊缺 jǐn quē ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄑㄩㄝ gan2 kyut3 in short supply
- 缺乏 quē fá ㄑㄩㄝ ㄈㄚˊ kyut3 fat6 to lack; to be short of
Show 15 more words with 缺
- 缺口 quē kǒu ㄑㄩㄝ ㄎㄡˇ kyut3 hau2 nick
- 缺失 quē shī ㄑㄩㄝ ㄕ kyut3 sat1 lack; deficiency
- 缺少 quē shǎo ㄑㄩㄝ ㄕㄠˇ kyut3 siu2 lack
- 缺席 quē xí ㄑㄩㄝ ㄒㄧˊ kyut3 zik6 to be absent
- 缺陷 quē xiàn ㄑㄩㄝ ㄒㄧㄢˋ kyut3 haam6 defect; flaw
- 缺点 缺點 quē diǎn ㄑㄩㄝ ㄉㄧㄢˇ kyut3 dim2 weak point
- 候缺 hòu quē ㄏㄡˋ ㄑㄩㄝ hau6 kyut3 waiting for a vacancy
- 傻缺 shǎ quē ㄕㄚˇ ㄑㄩㄝ so4 kyut3 (slang) idiot; fool
- 出缺 chū quē ㄔㄨ ㄑㄩㄝ ceot1 kyut3 to fall vacant
- 列缺 liè quē ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄑㄩㄝ lit6 kyut3 lightning (archaic word)
- 圆缺 圓缺 yuán quē ㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄩㄝ jyun4 kyut3 waxing and waning (of the moon)
- 奇缺 qí quē ㄑㄧˊ ㄑㄩㄝ kei4 kyut3 very short of (food, clean water etc)
- 或缺 huò quē ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄑㄩㄝ waak6 kyut3 to lack
- 暂缺 暫缺 zàn quē ㄗㄢˋ ㄑㄩㄝ zaam6 kyut3 currently in short supply
- 月缺 yuè quē ㄩㄝˋ ㄑㄩㄝ jyut6 kyut3 new moon
Idioms with these characters
- 抱残守缺 抱殘守缺 bào cán shǒu quē ㄅㄠˋ ㄘㄢˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄩㄝ pou5 caan4 sau2 kyut3 to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn (idiom); conservative
- 宁缺毋滥 寧缺毋濫 nìng quē wú làn ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄩㄝ ㄨˊ ㄌㄢˋ ning4 kyut3 mou4 laam6 better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option
- 拾遗补缺 拾遺補缺 shí yí bǔ quē ㄕˊ ㄧˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄑㄩㄝ sap6 wai4 bou2 kyut3 to remedy omissions and correct errors (idiom)