缺少
quē shǎo 1–3
lack; shortage of; shortfall; to be short (of); to lack
- Characters
- 2
- 缺 · 少
- Syllables
- 2
- quē shǎo
- Frequency
- Less common
- corpus count 4,326
Part of speech: v
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Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 缺少. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.
- 多少duō shǎoHSK 1
number; amount; somewhat
- 少shǎoHSK 1
few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom
- 至少zhì shǎoHSK 3
at least; (to say the) least
- 不少bù shǎoHSK 2
many; a lot; not few
- 减少jiǎn shǎoHSK 4
to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower
- 缺quēHSK 3
deficiency; lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of
- 缺乏quē fáHSK 5
to lack; to be short of
- 少年shào niánHSK 2
early youth; youngster; (literary) youth; young man
- 少女shào nǚHSK 7
girl; young lady
- 青少年qīng shào niánHSK 2
adolescent; youth; teenager
- 缺点quē diǎnHSK 3
weak point; fault; shortcoming; disadvantage
- 少数shǎo shùHSK 2
small number; few; minority
- 缺陷quē xiànHSK 6
defect; flaw
- 少见shǎo jiànHSK 7
rare; seldom seen; (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you
- 少量shǎo liàngHSK 7
a smidgen; a little bit; a few
- 缺席quē xíHSK 7
to be absent
- 缺口quē kǒuHSK 7
nick; jag; gap; shortfall
- 短缺duǎn quēHSK 7
shortage
- 缺失quē shīHSK 7
lack; deficiency; shortcoming; flaw; defect; to be deficient; to lack
- 少有shǎo yǒuHSK 7
rare; infrequent
- 欠缺qiàn quēHSK 7
to be deficient in; lapse; deficiency
- 必不可少bì bù kě shǎoHSK 7
absolutely necessary; indispensable; essential
- 或多或少huò duō huò shǎoHSK 7
more or less
- 少不了shǎo bu liǎoHSK 7
cannot do without; to be unavoidable; are bound to be many