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缺陷

quē xiàn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

缺陷 (quē xiàn) means "defect; flaw". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 缺陷 means

1. defect; flaw

The characters in 缺陷

• 缺quēdeficiency; lack; scarce
• 陷xiànpitfall; trap; to get stuck

Example sentences

• 这只手机有缺陷。
  This phone is defective.
• 这个程序缺陷满多。
  This process has a lot of inconveniences.
• 这个系统有些明显的缺陷。
  Zhège xìtǒng yǒuxiē míngxiǎn de quēxiàn.
  This system has obvious defects.
• 一些疾病的产生原因是基因缺陷。
  Yīxiē jíbìng de chǎnshēng yuányīn shì jīyīn quēxiàn.
  Some diseases are caused by a defective gene.
• 这个系统存在着许多缺陷和不尽完善的地方。
  Zhège xìtǒng cúnzài zhe xǔduō quēxiàn hé bù jìn wánshàn de dìfang.
  This system is bristling with defects and drawbacks.
• 由于最初设计中的一个缺陷，我们的网站易受到SQL注入攻击。
  Yóuyú zuì chūshè jì zhōng de yī gè quēxiàn, wǒmen de wǎngzhàn yì shòudào S Q L zhùrù gōngjī.
  Because of a flaw in the original design, our website is vulnerable to SQL injection attacks.

Words containing 缺陷

• 出生缺陷chū shēng quē xiànbirth defect
• 言语缺陷yán yǔ quē xiànspeech defect
• 先天性缺陷xiān tiān xìng quē xiànbirth defect
• 悲剧缺陷bēi jù quē xiàntragic flaw (Aristotle's hamartia)
• 注意力缺陷多动症zhù yì lì quē xiàn duō dòng zhèngattention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• 注意力缺陷过动症zhù yì lì quē xiàn guò dòng zhèngattention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• 人类免疫缺陷病毒rén lèi miǎn yì quē xiàn bìng dúhuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

Where 缺陷 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · quǎn–què (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read quē xiàn correctly.
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