Be short of in Chinese
to be short of · HSK 4
缺
我们队还缺一个人。 Our team is still one person short.
Other ways to say be short of
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How do you say be short of in Chinese?
Be short of in Chinese is 缺 (quē). You can also say 缺少 (quē shǎo), 缺乏 (quē fá), 欠 (qiàn), 短缺 (duǎn quē).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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