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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 缺衣少食

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
缺衣少食 quē yī shǎo shí - short of food and clothing
- destitute

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 66,439 - -

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
quē- deficiency
- lack
- scarce
- vacant post
- to run short of
- clothes
- CL:件[jian4]
- Kangxi radical 145
- to dress
- to wear
- to put on (clothes)
shǎo- few
- less
- to lack
- to be missing
- to stop (doing sth)
- seldom
shào- young
shí- to eat
- food
- animal feed
- eclipse
- to feed (a person or animal)

Other Words Containing 缺衣少食

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
缺衣少食 - - 66,439 - -