匱乏
See also: 匮乏
Chinese
| lacking; empty; exhausted | short of; tired | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (匱乏) | 匱 | 乏 | |
| simp. (匮乏) | 匮 | 乏 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: kuìfá
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˋ ㄈㄚˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kuèifá
- Wade–Giles: kʻuei4-fa2
- Yale: kwèi-fá
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kueyfar
- Palladius: куйфа (kujfa)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ fä³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gwai6 fat6
- Yale: gwaih faht
- Cantonese Pinyin: gwai6 fat9
- Guangdong Romanization: guei6 fed6
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʷɐi̯²² fɐt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khùi-hoa̍t
- Tâi-lô: khuì-hua̍t
- Phofsit Daibuun: quie'hoat
- IPA (Xiamen): /kʰui²¹⁻⁵³ huat̚⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰui²¹⁻⁵³ huat̚¹²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ huat̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kūi-hoa̍t
- Tâi-lô: kuī-hua̍t
- Phofsit Daibuun: kuixhoat
- IPA (Xiamen): /kui²²⁻²¹ huat̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Adjective
匱乏
Usage notes
Often collocates with 資源／资源 (zīyuán) and 人才 (réncái).
Synonyms
- 不夠 / 不够 (bùgòu)
- 不敷 (bùfū) (literary)
- 不滿 / 不满 (bùmǎn)
- 不足 (bùzú)
- 乏達 / 乏达 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
- 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)
- 闕乏 / 阙乏 (quēfá) (literary)
- 闕如 / 阙如 (quērú) (literary)
Derived terms
- 不虞匱乏 / 不虞匮乏