缺缺Stroke order for 缺

quē
HSK 3HSK 3 (Write)Very Common

Basic Meaning

v
Often used to indicate a shortage of abstract things like 'time', 'money', or concrete items like 'water'. Also used in set phrases like '缺人手' (short-staffed).
to lack; to be short of.
缺乏；短少。
Words:
残缺阴晴圆缺缺口缺人
Synonyms:
短余残
Antonyms:
全满
Sentences:
  1. 这(zhè)个(ge)项(xiàng)目(mù)还(hái)缺(quē)一(yī)些(xiē)资(zī)金(jīn)。
    This project is still short of some funding.
v
Specifically refers to being absent from a scheduled event, meeting, or class. Commonly collocates with nouns like 会议, 课, 席.
to be absent; to fail to attend.
该出席而未出席。
Words:
缺点缺陷缺憾缺勤缺课缺席
Sentences:
  1. 他(tā)今(jīn)天(tiān)身(shēn)体(tǐ)不(bù)舒(shū)服(fu)，所(suǒ)以(yǐ)缺(quē)课(kè)了(le)。
    He wasn't feeling well today, so he was absent from class.
  2. 重(zhòng)要(yào)会(huì)议(yì)不(bù)能(néng)随(suí)便(biàn)缺(quē)席(xí)。
    You shouldn't be absent from important meetings without good reason.
n
This is a slightly more formal or written usage. In modern spoken Chinese, '空缺' or '职位空缺' is more common.
vacancy; opening (for a job or position).
旧时指官职的空额，也泛指一般职务的空额。
Words:
缺席缺勤缺课出缺肥缺
Sentences:
  1. 公(gōng)司(sī)市(shì)场(chǎng)部(bù)还(hái)有(yǒu)一(yī)个(ge)经(jīng)理(lǐ)的(de)缺(quē)。
    There is still a vacancy for a manager in the company's marketing department.
adj
Almost always used as an attributive adjective before nouns like 点 and 陷, forming the common words '缺点' (shortcoming) and '缺陷' (defect/flaw).
incomplete; flawed; imperfect.
不完善。
Words:
缺点缺陷
Antonyms:
圆
Sentences:
  1. 这(zhè)个(ge)计(jì)划(huà)有(yǒu)个(ge)明(míng)显(xiǎn)的(de)缺(quē)点(diǎn)。
    This plan has an obvious shortcoming.
  2. 这(zhè)部(bù)手(shǒu)机(jī)设(shè)计(jì)很(hěn)好(hǎo)，但(dàn)电(diàn)池(chí)有(yǒu)缺(quē)陷(xiàn)。
    This mobile phone has a great design, but the battery has a flaw.

Writing & Component

Radical缶
Structureleft_right
Stroke Count10
Strokes丿一一丨㇄丨𠃍一丿㇏