缺, quē
Meaning: to lack, to be short of
HSK 4 word
Example
家里缺什么，我去买。
Jiā li quē shénme, wǒ qù mǎi.
If we're out of anything at home, I'll go and buy it.
More HSK 4 words
- 感gǎnsense of, feeling (as a suffix)
- 无法wúfǎunable to, cannot
- 能够nénggòucan, to be able to
- 实际上shíjìshàngin fact, actually
- 基本上jīběnshàngbasically, mostly
- 真正zhēnzhèngreal, true, truly
- 现有xiànyǒuexisting, currently available
- 法fǎlaw, method, way
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