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缺乏 quēfá

缺乏 quēfá Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 缺乏 quēfá .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
quēfá | que1 fa2
English translation
to lack
to be short of
lack
shortage

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Traditional form

缺乏 quēfá

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 缺乏 quēfá

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quē

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. fǒu represents the meaning and guài represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

guài

Semantic compound

fǒu

Positional decomposition

缶夬

Number of Strokes

10

Type

ideographic

Explanation

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

Positional decomposition

丿之

Number of Strokes

4

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Example sentences using 缺乏 quēfá

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

They may be exacerbated by a simultaneous deficiency of calcium.

所谓 suǒ wèi 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 men 遭受 zāoshòu 缺乏 quēfá 食物 shíwù zhī .

During the war children suffered from a deficiency of food.

合格 hégé de 外语 wài yǔ Jiào Shī Huán hěn 缺乏 quēfá , 尤其 yóuqí shì Jiào 法语 Fǎ yǔ 日语 Rì yǔ de .

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

shù 缺乏 quēfá 吸引力 xī yǐn lì ,读者 dú zhě 读到 de 只是 zhǐ shì 一些 yī xiē 支离破碎 zhī lí pò suì de 片段 piàn duàn .

A lack of narrative drive leaves the reader with piecemeal vignettes.

缺乏 quēfá Decomposition

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缺乏 quēfá Compounds

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