欠缺

欠缺

Chinese

		deficient; owe; to lack deficient; owe; to lack; yawn	lack; scarce; vacant post lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of
simp. and trad. (欠缺)		欠	缺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiànquē

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˋ ㄑㄩㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): him³ kyut³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiam-khiet / khiam-khiat
• Min Nan (POJ): khiàm-khe̍rh / khiàm-kheh / khiàm-khe̍h / khiàm-khoeh / khiàm-khoat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiànquē
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˋ ㄑㄩㄝ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiannchiue
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕʰɥ̯œ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: him³ kyut³
    • Yale: him kyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: him³ kyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: him³ küd³
    • IPA ^(key): /hiːm³³ kʰyːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiam-khiet
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiam kied`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiam<sup>4</sup> kiad<sup>5</sup>
    • IPA: /kʰi̯am⁵⁵ kʰi̯et̚²/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiam-khiat
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiam kiad`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiam⁴ kiad⁵
    • IPA: /kʰi̯am⁵⁵ kʰi̯at̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiàm-khe̍rh
    • Tâi-lô: khiàm-khe̍rh
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰəʔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiàm-kheh
    • Tâi-lô: khiàm-kheh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiarmqeq
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiam¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰeʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiàm-khe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: khiàm-khe̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiarmqeh
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiam²¹⁻⁵³ kʰeʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiàm-khoeh
    • Tâi-lô: khiàm-khueh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiarmqoeq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiam²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰueʔ³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiam²¹⁻⁵³ kʰueʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiàm-khoat
    • Tâi-lô: khiàm-khuat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiarmqoad
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiam²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiam¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰuat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰiam²¹⁻⁵³ kʰuat̚³²/

Noun

欠缺

1. shortcoming

Verb

欠缺

1. to be deficient in; to be short of

Synonyms

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不夠／不够 (bùgòu) 不敷 (bùfū) (literary) 不足 (bùzú) 乏達／乏达 (Min Nan)

匱乏／匮乏 (kuìfá) 短缺 (duǎnquē) 缺乏 (quēfá) 缺少 (quēshǎo)

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
欠	缺
けん Grade: 4	けつ Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 欠缺 (kʰɨɐm^H kʰwet̚).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) けんけつ [kèńkétsú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ŋke̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

欠缺 (hiragana けんけつ, rōmaji kenketsu)

1. (law) lack

   意 (い)思 (し)の欠缺 (けんけつ)

   ishi no kenketsu

   lack of intent

Usage notes

The term would be 欠欠 if written in shinjitai, and as such, the kyūjitai form is preserved to avoid ambiguities.

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN