闕乏

Chinese

		imperial city; deficiency	short of; tired
trad. (闕乏)		闕	乏
simp. (阙乏)		阙	乏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quēfá

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝ ㄈㄚˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quēfá
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝ ㄈㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuefá
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüeh¹-fa²
    • Yale: chywē-fá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuefar
    • Palladius: цюэфа (cjuefa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵ fä³⁵/

Verb

闕乏

1. (literary) to lack; to be deficient in; to be short of

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)
• 短缺 (duǎnquē)
• 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)
• 闕如 / 阙如 (quērú) (literary)