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

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

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

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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)