短
缺

Shortage in Chinese: 短缺 (duǎn quē)

duǎn quē

shortage

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Definitions

  1. 1shortage

Stroke order

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短
缺

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄨㄢˇ

duǎn

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ uㄢ/ anˇ/ third tone

ㄑㄩㄝ

quē

ㄑ/ qㄩ/ üㄝ/ ê—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 战争时期食物非常短缺。

    zhàn zhēng shí qī shí wù fēi cháng duǎn quē。

    During the war, food was in serious shortage.

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Related words

短

duǎn

short

缺

quē

deficiency

缺点

quē diǎn

weak point

缺少

quē shǎo

lack

短信

duǎn xìn

text message

缺乏

quē fá

to lack

缩短

suō duǎn

to curtail

短处

duǎn chù

shortcoming

短裤

duǎn kù

short pants

短期

duǎn qī

short term

短片

duǎn piàn

short film

缺陷

quē xiàn

defect

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