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
(Pinyin): kuìfá

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˋ ㄈㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai⁶ fat⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khùi-hoa̍t / kūi-hoa̍t

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/
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/
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/

Adjective

匱乏

short (of); scarce; lacking
物資極度匱乏／物资极度匮乏 ― wùzī jídù kuìfá ― to have a severe shortage of supplies

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

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