# 缺陷 (quēxiàn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 缺陷 (quēxiàn) means “defect; flaw”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: defect; flaw
- Pinyin: quēxiàn (que1 xian4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 这个设计还有一些小缺陷。
  Zhège shèjì hái yǒu yìxiē xiǎo quēxiàn.
  This design still has some minor flaws.

## Characters

- [缺](https://hanziro.com/word/que-lack/) (quē): to lack; to be short of
- [陷](https://hanziro.com/word/xian-sink/) (xiàn): to sink; to get stuck

https://hanziro.com/word/que-xian-defect/

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