缺少

quēshǎo

verb HSK 3 #4,931

Meanings

1 to lack; to be short of
2 shortage; deficiency

Characters

few; less; to lack

Examples

HSK 1

我们不能缺少水。

Wǒmen bùnéng quēshǎo shuǐ.

We can't do without water.

HSK 3

缺少经验是他最大的问题。

Quēshǎo jīngyàn shì tā zuì dà de wèntí.

Lacking experience is his biggest problem.

HSK 4

他缺少自信。

Tā quēshǎo zìxìn.

He lacks self-confidence.

Tips

usage

缺少 is more formal than 缺 alone. In conversation, 缺 is more natural: 我缺钱 rather than 我缺少钱.

Stroke Order

缺 quē

少 shǎo