缺失

Chinese

		lack; scarce; vacant post lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of	to lose; to miss; to fail
trad. (缺失)		缺	失
simp. #(缺失)		缺	失

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quēshī

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝ ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³ sat¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khoat-sit

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kuêh⁴ sig⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quēshī
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝ ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyueshih
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüeh¹-shih¹
    • Yale: chywē-shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiueshy
    • Palladius: цюэши (cjueši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kyut³ sat¹
    • Yale: kyut sāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸ sat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: küd³ sed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³ sɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoat-sit
    • Tâi-lô: khuat-sit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoatsid
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰuat̚³²⁻⁴ sit̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kuêh⁴ sig⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khueh sik
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰueʔ²⁻⁴ sik̚²/

Verb

缺失

1. to lack; to be missing; to be lost; to be deficient

Derived terms

• 注意力缺失症 (zhùyìlì quēshīzhèng)
• 記憶缺失 / 记忆缺失 (jìyì quēshī)

Noun

缺失

1. deficiency; shortcoming; defect; hiatus

Synonyms

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• 弊害 (bìhài)
• 弊病 (bìbìng)
• 弊端 (bìduān)
• 欠缺 (qiànquē)
• 毛病 (máobìng)
• 短處 / 短处 (duǎnchu)
• 缺欠 (quēqiàn)
• 缺陷 (quēxiàn)
• 缺點 / 缺点 (quēdiǎn)
• 陷 (xiàn) (literary, or in compounds)

References

• “缺失”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.