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HSK 3 · Increase & Decrease

缺少

quē shǎo

to lack; shortage

Stroke order of 缺少

2 characters, 14 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

缺 · 10 strokes少 · 4 strokes

Memory trick

A chipped jar (缺) with a little (少) missing: shortage.

Parts: 缺 lack + 少 few

The characters in 缺少

  • 缺 quē — to lack (10 strokes)
  • 少 shǎo — few; little (4 strokes)

Example sentence

这里缺少水。

There is a shortage of water here.

Words with 缺

缺点shortcoming缺to lack

Words with 少

多少how many; how much少few; little少年teenager; juvenile青少年teenagers; young people少数minority不少quite a lot至少at least

More words: Increase & Decrease

增加to increase增长to grow; growth上升to rise升to rise; to promote; liter加快to speed up加强to strengthen补充to add; to supplement补to make up for; to mend缺to lack失去to lose消失to disappear浪费to waste节约to save; to economize存to store; to deposit保存to keep; to save

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