缺乏 quēfá▶ Falta, carecer

Stroke order

缺乏 is written in 14 strokes across 2 characters.

• 缺 — 10 strokes
• 乏 — 4 strokes

Related words

• 缺口brecha; hueco
• 缺少Falta, carecer
• 缺席Ausente
• 缺点defecto, deficiencia
• 缺陷defecto
• 贫乏pobre; indigente

缺乏 is pronounced quēfá and means “Falta, carecer”. It belongs to the HSK 5 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 缺乏 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.