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匮

kuì

Character Traditional 匱

What 匮 means

1. to lack
2. lacking
3. empty
4. exhausted

Other readings

匮 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Kuìsurname Kui
• guìvariant of {柜|guì}

Example sentences

• 不浪费则不匮乏。
  Bù làngfèi zé bù kuìfá.
  Waste not, want not.
• 乐观主义仅仅是一种信息的匮乏的产物。
  Lèguān zhǔyì jǐnjǐn shì yī zhǒng xìnxī de kuìfá de chǎnwù.
  Optimism is merely a lack of information.
• 日本即便是自然资源匮乏，却仍得益于国际贸易，成为了一个强大的经济体。
  Though it is poor in natural resources, Japan has become an economic superpower thanks to international trade.

Words starting with 匮

• 匮乏kuì fáto be deficient in sth; to be short of sth (supplies, money etc)
• 匮竭kuì jiéexhausted
• 匮缺kuì quēto be deficient in sth; to be short of sth (supplies, money etc)

Words containing 匮

• 不匮bù kuì(literary) to never have a deficiency; to never be lacking
• 恤匮xù kuìto relieve the distressed
• 疲匮pí kuìtired; weary
• 空匮kòng kuìscarce; poor
• 穷匮qióng kuìto be short of sth; to be wanting in sth
• 勤则不匮qín zé bù kuìIf one is industrious, one will not be in want. (idiom)
• 语言匮乏yǔ yán kuì fálanguage deficit (linguistics)
• 孝思不匮xiào sī bù kuìto be forever filial (idiom)
• 窘匮jiǒng kuìdestitute; impoverished
• 不虞匮乏bù yú kuì fáto have ample supplies (or money etc)
• 罄匮qìng kuìused-up; exhausted
• 金匮jīn guìvariant of 金柜
• 金匮石室jīn guì shí shìvariant of 金柜石室
• 无虞匮乏wú yú kuì fásee 不虞匮乏

Characters built on 贵

These share the phonetic component 贵 (guì), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 馈kuì(literary) to make an offering to the gods; variant of 馈
• 溃kuì(bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike…
• 篑kuìbasket for carrying soil
• 聩kuìborn deaf; deaf; obtuse
• 蒉kuìAmaranthus mangostanus
• 愦kuìconfused; troubled

Characters that look like 匮

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 匿nìto hide
• 庸yōngordinary; to use
• 羡xiànto envy
• 湮yān(literary) to sink into oblivion; (literary) to silt up; Taiwan pr. yīn
• 萸yúused in 茱萸
• 堇jǐnclay; old variant of 仅; violet (plant)

Sounds the same

Read kuì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 愧ashamed
• 馈(literary) to make an offering to the gods; variant of 馈
• 溃(bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike…
• 篑basket for carrying soil
• 聩born deaf; deaf; obtuse
• 蒉Amaranthus mangostanus
• 喟to sigh
• 愦confused; troubled