"Scarce" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 紧张 | jǐn zhāng | nervous / keyed up / intense / tense / strained / in short supply / scarce / CL:陣|阵[zhen4] |   |
| 紧缺 | jǐn quē | in short supply / scarce | |
| 稀缺 | xī quē | scarce / scarcity | |
| 缺 |  quē | deficiency / lack / scarce / vacant post / to run short of | |
| 荒 | huāng | desolate / shortage / scarce / out of practice / absurd / uncultivated / to neglect | |
| 空匮 | kòng kuì | scarce / poor | |
| 枯水 | kū shuǐ | scarce water / low water level | |
| 撒丫子 | sā yā zi | (dialect) to rush off / to scamper off double-quick / to take to one's heels / to make oneself scarce | |
| 拍拍屁股走人 | pāi pāi pì gu zǒu rén | to make oneself scarce / to slip away / to take French leave | |
