| 缺 | [ quē ] deficiency, lack, scarce, vacant post, to run short of |
| 缺一不可 | [ quē yī bù kě ] not a single one is dispensable, can't do without either |
| 缺乏 | [ quē fá ] to lack, to be short of, lack, shortage |
| 缺乏症 | [ quē fá zhèng ] clinical deficiency |
| 缺勤 | [ quē qín ] to be absent from work or school |
| 缺口 | [ quē koǔ ] nick, jag, gap, shortfall |
| 缺嘴 | [ quē zuǐ ] harelip |
| 缺失 | [ quē shī ] deficiency, shortcoming, hiatus |
| 缺少 | [ quē shaǒ ] lack, shortage of, shortfall, to be short (of), to lack |
| 缺席 | [ quē xí ] absence, absent |
| 缺德 | [ quē dé ] to be lacking in moral sense, to lack common basic respect for others, lacking in virtue, mischievous, wicked, cruel, mean |
| 缺德事 | [ quē dé shì ] misdeed, immoral action, wicked deed, a deliberate wrongdoing |
| 缺德鬼 | [ quē dé guǐ ] public nuisance, a wicked, mean spirited individual |
| 缺心少肺 | [ quē xīn shaǒ feì ] brainless, stupid |
| 缺心眼 | [ quē xīn yǎn ] stupid, senseless, dim-witted |
| 缺心眼兒 | [ quē xīn yǎn ] erhua variant of 缺心眼[que1 xin1 yan3] |
| 缺憾 | [ quē hàn ] a regret, sth regrettable |
| 缺損 | [ quē sǔn ] defective, defect |
| 缺氧 | [ quē yǎng ] lacking oxygen, anaerobic |
| 缺氧症 | [ quē yǎng zhèng ] anoxia |
| 缺水 | [ quē shuǐ ] water shortage, dehydration |
| 缺油 | [ quē yoú ] oil shortage |
| 缺漏 | [ quē loù ] to overlook, omissions, deficiencies |
| 缺省 | [ quē shěng ] default (setting) |
| 缺糧 | [ quē liáng ] to lack food supplies |
| 缺血 | [ quē xuè ] (of an organ) to have insufficient blood supply, (of a blood bank) to run low on blood supplies |
| 缺衣少食 | [ quē yī shaǒ shí ] short of food and clothing, destitute |
| 缺角 | [ quē ] (of a square shape, such as a house plan) to have a corner missing, (fig.) to lack something, missing piece |
| 缺貨 | [ quē huò ] lack of supplies, unavailable goods |
| 缺錢 | [ quē qián ] shortage of money |
| 缺陷 | [ quē xiàn ] defect, flaw, physical defect |
| 缺電 | [ quē diàn ] electricity shortage |
| 缺額 | [ quē é ] vacancy |
| 缺點 | [ quē diǎn ] weak point, fault, shortcoming, disadvantage, CL:個|个[ge4] |
| ⇒ 不可或缺 | [ bù kě huò quē ] necessary, must have |
| ⇒ 不可缺少 | [ bù kě quē shaǒ ] indispensable |
| ⇒ 人類免疫缺陷病毒 | [ rén leì miǎn yì quē xiàn bìng dú ] human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) |
| ⇒ 保殘守缺 | [ baǒ cán shoǔ quē ] conservative, to preserve the outmoded |
| ⇒ 候缺 | [ hoù quē ] waiting for a vacancy |
| ⇒ 儉則不缺 | [ jiǎn zé bù quē ] frugality prevents destitution (idiom) |
| ⇒ 先天性缺陷 | [ xiān tiān xìng quē xiàn ] birth defect |
| ⇒ 出生缺陷 | [ chū shēng quē xiàn ] birth defect |
| ⇒ 出缺 | [ chū quē ] to fall vacant, a job opening at a high level |
| ⇒ 列缺 | [ liè quē ] lightning (archaic word) |
| ⇒ 列缺霹靂 | [ liè quē pī lì ] thunder and lightning |
| ⇒ 匱缺 | [ kuì quē ] to be deficient in sth, to be short of sth (supplies, money etc) |
| ⇒ 圓缺 | [ yuán quē ] waxing and waning (of the moon) |
| ⇒ 奇缺 | [ qí quē ] very short of (food, clean water etc), extreme shortage, deficit |
| ⇒ 完好無缺 | [ wán haǒ wú quē ] in perfect condition, without any defect |
| ⇒ 完美無缺 | [ wán meǐ wú quē ] perfect and without blemish, flawless, to leave nothing to be desired |
| ⇒ 寧缺勿濫 | [ nìng quē wù làn ] same as 寧缺毋濫|宁缺毋滥[ning4 que1 wu2 lan4] |
| ⇒ 寧缺毋濫 | [ nìng quē wú làn ] better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option |
| ⇒ 對稱破缺 | [ duì chèn pò quē ] symmetry breaking (physics) |
| ⇒ 必不可缺 | [ bì bù kě quē ] see 必不可少[bi4 bu4 ke3 shao3] |
| ⇒ 悲劇缺陷 | [ beī jù quē xiàn ] tragic flaw (Aristotle's hamartia) |
| ⇒ 或缺 | [ huò quē ] to lack, to do without |
| ⇒ 抱殘守缺 | [ baò cán shoǔ quē ] to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn (idiom); conservative, stickler for tradition |
| ⇒ 拾遺補缺 | [ shí yí bǔ quē ] to remedy omissions and correct errors (idiom) |
| ⇒ 暫缺 | [ zàn quē ] currently in short supply, in deficit (of commodity), currently vacant (position) |
| ⇒ 月缺 | [ yuè quē ] new moon |
| ⇒ 欠缺 | [ qiàn quē ] to be deficient in, lapse, deficiency |
| ⇒ 殘缺 | [ cán quē ] badly damaged, shattered |
| ⇒ 注意力缺失症 | [ zhù yì lì quē shī zhèng ] attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) |
| ⇒ 注意力缺陷多動症 | [ zhù yì lì quē xiàn duō dòng zhèng ] attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) |
| ⇒ 注意力缺陷過動症 | [ zhù yì lì quē xiàn guò dòng zhèng ] attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) |
| ⇒ 無缺 | [ wú quē ] whole |
| ⇒ 短缺 | [ duǎn quē ] shortage |
| ⇒ 破缺 | [ pò quē ] breaking |
| ⇒ 稀缺 | [ xī quē ] scarce, scarcity |
| ⇒ 空缺 | [ kòng quē ] vacancy |
| ⇒ 緊缺 | [ jǐn quē ] in short supply, scarce |
| ⇒ 職缺 | [ zhí quē ] (job) opening |
| ⇒ 肥缺 | [ feí quē ] lucrative post |
| ⇒ 能源短缺 | [ néng yuán duǎn quē ] energy shortage |
| ⇒ 自發對稱破缺 | [ zì fā duì chèn pò quē ] spontaneous symmetry breaking (physics) |
| ⇒ 虛缺號 | [ xū quē haò ] white square character ( □ ), used to represent a missing ideograph |
| ⇒ 虧缺 | [ kuī quē ] to be lacking, to fall short of, to wane, deficit, deficient |
| ⇒ 補缺 | [ bǔ quē ] to fill a vacancy, to make up for a shortage, to supply a deficiency |
| ⇒ 補缺拾遺 | [ bǔ quē shí yí ] see 拾遺補缺|拾遗补缺[shi2 yi2 bu3 que1] |
| ⇒ 言語缺陷 | [ yán yǔ quē xiàn ] speech defect |
| ⇒ 語言缺陷 | [ yǔ yán quē xiàn ] speech defect |
| ⇒ 遺缺 | [ yí quē ] vacancy |
| ⇒ 零缺點 | [ líng quē diǎn ] zero defect, faultless, impeccable |
| ⇒ 餘缺 | [ yú quē ] surplus and shortfall |
