短缺

Chinese

		lack; short	lack; scarce; vacant post lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of
trad. (短缺)		短	缺
simp. #(短缺)		短	缺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duǎnquē

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄑㄩㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dyun² kyut³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): toán-khoat / tér-kherh / té-kheh / té-khoat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duǎnquē
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄑㄩㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duǎncyue
    • Wade–Giles: tuan³-chʻüeh¹
    • Yale: dwǎn-chywē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: doanchiue
    • Palladius: дуаньцюэ (duanʹcjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dyun² kyut³
    • Yale: dyún kyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dyn² kyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: dün² küd³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyːn³⁵ kʰyːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toán-khoat
    • Tâi-lô: tuán-khuat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doafnqoad
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tuan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tuan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰuat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /tuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰuat̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tér-kherh
    • Tâi-lô: tér-kherh
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰəʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: té-kheh
    • Tâi-lô: té-kheh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: defqeq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /te⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰeʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /te⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰeʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: té-khoat
    • Tâi-lô: té-khuat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: defqoad
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /te⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰuat̚³²/

Verb

短缺

1. to lack; to have a shortage; to be short of; to be scarce

   資源短缺／资源短缺  ―  zīyuán duǎnquē  ―  scarcity of resources

   水資源短缺／水资源短缺  ―  shuǐzīyuán duǎnquē  ―  water shortages

Synonyms

• 不夠／不够 (bùgòu)
• 不敷 (bùfū) (literary)
• 不滿／不满 (bùmǎn)
• 不足 (bùzú)
• 乏達／乏达 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 匱乏／匮乏 (kuìfá)
• 欠 (qiàn)
• 欠缺 (qiànquē)
• 短少 (duǎnshǎo)
• 絕乏／绝乏 (juéfá) (literary)
• 缺乏 (quēfá)
• 缺如 (quērú) (literary)
• 缺少 (quēshǎo)
• 缺欠 (quēqiàn)
• 缺缺 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 虧／亏 (kuī)
• 貧／贫 (pín) (literary, or in compounds)
• 闕乏／阙乏 (quēfá) (literary)
• 闕如／阙如 (quērú) (literary)

 

Related terms

• 緊缺／紧缺 (jǐnquē)