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缺少

quē shǎo

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

缺少 (quē shǎo) means "lack". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 缺少 means

1. lack
2. shortage of
3. shortfall
4. to be short (of)
5. to lack

The characters in 缺少

• 缺quēdeficiency; lack; scarce
• 少shǎofew; less; to lack

Example sentences

• 此刻我缺少现金。
  Cǐkè wǒ quēshǎo xiànjīn.
  I'm short of cash at the moment.
• 缺少运动有害健康。
  Quēshǎo yùndòng yǒuhài jiànkāng.
  A lack of exercise is bad for your health.
• 公司缺少领导团队。
  The company lacks leadership.
• 水是生命所不可缺少的。
  Shuǐ shì shēngmìng suǒ bù kě quēshǎo de.
  Water is essential to life.
• 厨房里缺少一台洗碗机。
  Chúfáng lǐ quēshǎo yī tái xǐwǎnjī.
  The kitchen lacks a dishwasher.
• 这栋建筑尚未符合法规，因为还缺少轮椅坡道。
  The building isn't yet up to code because it still needs a wheelchair ramp.

Words containing 缺少

• 不可缺少bù kě quē shǎoindispensable

Where 缺少 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Adjustment & change (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read quē shǎo correctly.
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