缺乏 quēfá Lack

HSK 5 — advanced proficiency: 1,300 new words, 2,500 in all. You can read newspapers, enjoy films and give speeches in Chinese. In HSK 3.0, 缺乏 is in band 5. HSK 5 explained

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中缺乏means to lack something, to not have enough of it. You'd say it about a new teammate who is keen but has no experience yet, and the manager sighs that they lack it. Say it with me.

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Stroke order

缺乏 is written in 14 strokes across 2 characters.

缺乏 — the Chinese character for Lack (quēfá), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 缺乏 — Lack

缺 — 10 strokes
乏 — 4 strokes

Characters in 缺乏

缺 quē — deficiency; lack; scarce
乏 fá — short of; tired

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Where 缺乏 lives

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缺乏 is pronounced quēfá and means “Lack”.