缺失

Chinese

		lack; scarce; vacant post lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of	to lose; to miss; to fail
trad. (缺失)		缺	失
simp. ^#(缺失)		缺	失

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): quēshī

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝㄕ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³ sat¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khoat-sit

(Teochew, Peng'im): kuêh⁴ sig⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: quēshī
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝㄕ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyueshih
  - Wade–Giles: chʻüeh¹-shih¹
  - Yale: chywē-shr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiueshy
  - Palladius: цюэши (cjueši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kyut³ sat¹
  - Yale: kyut sāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸ sat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: küd³ sed¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³ sɐt̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoat-sit
  - Tâi-lô: khuat-sit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoatsid
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰuat̚³²⁻⁴ sit̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kuêh⁴ sig⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khueh sik
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰueʔ²⁻⁴ sik̚²/

Verb

缺失

to lack; to be missing; to be lost; to be deficient

Derived terms

注意力缺失症 (zhùyìlì quēshīzhèng)
記憶缺失 / 记忆缺失 (jìyì quēshī)

Noun

缺失

deficiency; shortcoming; defect; hiatus

Synonyms

弊害 (bìhài)
弊病 (bìbìng)
弊端 (bìduān)
欠缺 (qiànquē)
毛病 (máobìng)
短處 / 短处 (duǎnchu)
缺欠 (quēqiàn)
缺陷 (quēxiàn)
缺點 / 缺点 (quēdiǎn)
陷 (xiàn) (literary, or in compounds)

References

“缺失”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.