欠缺

Chinese

 
deficient; owe; to lack
deficient; owe; to lack; yawn
 
lack; scarce; vacant post
lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of
trad. (欠缺)
simp. #(欠缺)
anagram 缺欠

Pronunciation


Note: khiàm-khoat - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial () (29) (29) (29)
Final () (145) (88) (82)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed Closed
Division () III IV III
Fanqie
Baxter khjaemH khwet khjwiet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰɨɐmH/ /kʰwet̚/ /kʰiuᴇt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰiɐmH/ /kʰʷet̚/ /kʰʷiɛt̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰiɐmH/ /kʰuɛt̚/ /kʰjuæt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰɨamH/ /kʰwɛt̚/ /kʰwiat̚/
Li
Rong
/kʰiɐmH/ /kʰuet̚/ /kʰiuɛt̚/
Wang
Li
/kʰĭɐmH/ /kʰiwet̚/ /kʰĭuɛt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰi̯ɐmH/ /kʰiwet̚/ /kʰi̯wɛt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qiàn que que
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
him3 hyut3 hyut3

Noun

欠缺

  1. shortcoming; deficiency

Synonyms

Verb

欠缺

  1. (Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Quanzhou, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) to lack; to be deficient in; to be short of
  2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to need something due to deficiency
  3. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to not lack; to not be deficient in; to not be short of

Synonyms

  • (to lack):
  • (to not lack): (Hokkien) 少缺

Japanese

Kanji in this term
けん
Grade: 4
けつ
Hyōgaiji
kan’on

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 欠缺 (MC khjaemH khwet).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んけつ [kèńkétsú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kẽ̞ŋke̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

(けん)(けつ) • (kenketsu) けんけつ (kenketu)?

  1. (law) lack
    ()()(けん)(けつ)
    ishi no kenketsu
    lack of intent

Usage notes

The term would be *(けん)(けつ) if written in shinjitai, and as such, the kyūjitai form is preserved to avoid ambiguities.

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

欠缺 • (heumgyeol) (hangeul 흠결)

  1. Hanja form? of 흠결 (shortage; deficiency; deficit).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

欠缺

  1. chữ Hán form of khiếm khuyết (shortcoming; defect).

Adjective

欠缺

  1. chữ Hán form of khiếm khuyết (deficient; lacking).
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