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匮乏 meaning in English

kuìfá

to be deficient in sth; to be short of sth (supplies, money etc)

Traditional 匱乏15 strokes

Meaning of 匮乏

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

kuìfá
  1. to be deficient in sth
  2. to be short of sth (supplies, money etc)

匮乏 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

不bù浪làng费fèi则zé不bù匮kuì乏fá。
Waste not, want not.

Stroke order for each character

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匮 kuì · to lack · 11 strokes

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乏 fá · poor · 4 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 匮乏.

缺乏quēfáto lack; to be short of
乏味fáwèitedious

Questions about 匮乏

What does 匮乏 mean?

匮乏 (kuìfá) means "to be deficient in sth; to be short of sth (supplies, money etc)".

How do you write 匮乏?

匮乏 is made of 2 characters: 匮 (11 strokes), 乏 (4 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

How is 匮乏 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 匮乏 is written 匱乏.