# 残缺 (cánquē)

In Mandarin Chinese, 残缺 (cánquē) means “incomplete; damaged; fragmentary”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: incomplete; damaged; fragmentary
- Pinyin: cánquē (can2 que1)
- Traditional: 殘缺
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 这本旧书有几页已经残缺了。
  Zhè běn jiù shū yǒu jǐ yè yǐjīng cánquē le.
  Several pages of this old book are already damaged and incomplete.

## Characters

- [残](https://hanziro.com/word/can-incomplete/) (cán): incomplete; disabled
- [缺](https://hanziro.com/word/que-lack/) (quē): to lack; to be short of

https://hanziro.com/word/can-que-incomplete/

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