"To lack" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 缺乏 | quē fá | to lack / to be short of |   |
| 缺少 | quē shǎo | lack / shortage of / shortfall / to be short (of) / to lack | |
| 无 |  wú | not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less | |
| 少 | shǎo | few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom | |
| 差 | chà | different / wrong / mistaken / to fall short / to lack / not up to standard / inferior / Taiwan pr. [cha1] | |
| 短 | duǎn | short / brief / to lack / weak point / fault | |
| 欠 | qiàn | to owe / to lack / (literary) to be deficient in / (bound form) yawn / to raise slightly (a part of one's body) | |
| 缺失 | quē shī | lack / deficiency / shortcoming / flaw / defect / to be deficient / to lack | |
| 匮 | kuì | to lack / lacking / empty / exhausted | |
| 短欠 | duǎn qiàn | to fall short in one's payments / to lack / to be short of | |
| 叕 | zhuó | to join together / to lack / narrow and shallow | |
| 或缺 | huò quē | to lack / to do without | |
