缺 – vocab dash

缺quē

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Meanings

1. deficiency

2. lack

3. scarce

4. vacant post

5. to run short of

Characters used

Examples7

今天jīntiān有yǒu不少bùshǎo学生xuésheng缺quē课kè。

Quite a few students are absent today.

我们wǒmen国家guójiā不bù缺quē石油shíyóu。

We are not short of oil in this country.

有yǒu一yī页yè缺quē了le。

There is a page missing.

她tā缺quē课kè了le。

She was absent from class.

现在xiànzài正zhèng缺quē良好liánghǎo的de建筑jiànzhù木材mùcái。

There is a shortage of good building wood.

这zhè张zhāng桌子zhuōzi缺quē了le个gè角jiǎo。

This table is missing a leg.