缺少

quēshǎo

lack; shortage of; shortfall

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 4

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

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Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

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See it in sentences

我们最缺少的是时间。

What we lack most is time.

我们不缺少信心。

We do not lack confidence.