# 欠缺 (qiànquē)

In Mandarin Chinese, 欠缺 (qiànquē) means “to lack; deficiency; shortcoming”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to lack; deficiency; shortcoming
- Pinyin: qiànquē (qian4 que1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 这个方案还有所欠缺。
  Zhège fāng'àn hái yǒu suǒ qiànquē.
  This plan still has some shortcomings.

## Characters

- [欠](https://hanziro.com/word/qian-owe/) (qiàn): to owe; to lack
- [缺](https://hanziro.com/word/que-lack/) (quē): to lack; to be short of

https://hanziro.com/word/qian-que-lack/

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