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短缺

短缺

Chinese

		lack; short	lack; scarce; vacant post lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of
simp. and trad. (短缺)		短	缺

Noun

短缺

shortage

Synonyms

不足 (bùzú)
缺乏 (quēfá)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): duǎnquē

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄑㄩㄝ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dyun² kyut³
Min Nan (POJ): toán-khoat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: duǎnquē
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄑㄩㄝ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: doanchiue
  - IPA ^(key): /tu̯a̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰɥ̯œ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dyun² kyut³
  - Yale: dyún kyut
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dyn² kyt⁸
  - IPA ^(key): /tyːn³⁵ kʰyːt̚³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toán-khoat
  - Tâi-lô: tuán-khuat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doafnqoad
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰuat̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tuan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰuat̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰuat̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰuat̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tuan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰuat̚³²/