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乏 fá

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乏 fá Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
fá | fa2
English translation
short of
tired
poor; short, lacking; tired

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About 乏 fá

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Number of strokes

4

Traditional form

乏 fá

Contains the radical

丿 piě

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Learning hint

A foot 之 zhī  running into a wall or barrier 丿 piě

Etymology of 乏 fá

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿱丿之

Explanation

Line over 之 zhī (foot), similar to how 正 zhēng (straight; correct) is a line over 止 zhǐ (foot). Possibly represents the opposite of 正 zhēng , since the top line in 乏 fá is written in the opposite direction as the top line in 正 zhēng .

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Example sentences using 乏 fá

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由于 yóuyú 同时 tóngshí 缺乏 quēfá 钙 gài 而 ér 使 shǐ 之 zhī 恶化 èhuà .

They may be exacerbated by a simultaneous deficiency of calcium.

所谓 suǒ wèi 冷 Lěng 就是 jiù shì 缺乏 quēfá 热量 rè liàng .

Cold is the privation of heat.

战争 zhànzhēng 期间 qījiān 孩子 háizi 们 men 遭受 zāoshòu 缺乏 quēfá 食物 shíwù 之 zhī 苦 kǔ .

During the war children suffered from a deficiency of food.

这 zhè 本 běn 枯燥 kūzào 乏味 fá wèi 的 de 书 Shū 幸亏 xìngkuī 加 Jiā 了 le 一些 yī xiē 精彩 jīngcǎi 的 de 插图 chā tú 才 cái 变得 biàn de 生动 shēngdòng 有趣 yǒuqù .

The otherwise dreary book is enlivened by some very amusing illustrations.

合格 hégé 的 de 外语 wài yǔ 教 Jiào 师 Shī 还 Huán 很 hěn 缺乏 quēfá , 尤其 yóuqí 是 shì 教 Jiào 法语 Fǎ yǔ 和 hé 日语 Rì yǔ 的 de .

There is a shortage of well qualified teachers of foreign languages, especially of French and Japanese.

Words with 乏 fá

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
缺乏 quēfá to lack缺乏 quēfá
乏味 fá wèi tedious乏味 fá wèi
不乏 bù fá there is no lack of不乏 bù fá
乏力 fá lì weak乏力 fá lì
匮乏 kuì fá to be deficient in sth匱乏
乏 fá tired乏 fá
贫乏 pínfá lacking貧乏
疲乏 pí fá tired疲乏 pí fá
回天乏术 huí tiān fá shù to fail to save the situation回天乏術
解乏 jiě fá to freshen up解乏 jiě fá
乏善可陈 fá shàn kě chén to be nothing to write home about (idiom)乏善可陳
后继乏人 hòu jì fá rén to have no qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking後繼乏人
人困马乏 rén kùn mǎ fá worn out人困馬乏
乏燃料 fá rán liào spent fuel乏燃料 fá rán liào

乏 fá Decomposition & Compounds

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乏 fá Decomposition

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乏 fá Compounds

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