缺點

See also: 欠点 and 缺点

Chinese

		lack; scarce; vacant post lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of	point; dot; (decimal) point point; dot; (decimal) point; o'clock; (measure word)
trad. (缺點)		缺	點
simp. (缺点)		缺	点

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quēdiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝ ㄉㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³ dim²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiet-tiám / khiat-tiám
• Jin (Wiktionary): qyeh⁴ die²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khoat-tiám

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quēdiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuediǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüeh¹-tien³
    • Yale: chywē-dyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuedean
    • Palladius: цюэдянь (cjuedjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kyut³ dim²
    • Yale: kyut dím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸ dim²
    • Guangdong Romanization: küd³ dim²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³ tiːm³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiet-tiám
    • Hakka Romanization System: kied` diam`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiad⁵ diam³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯et̚² ti̯am³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiat-tiám
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiad` diam`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiad⁵ diam³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯at̚² ti̯am³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: qyeh⁴ die²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕʰyəʔ²⁻⁴⁵ tie⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoat-tiám
    • Tâi-lô: khuat-tiám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoatdiarm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuat̚³²⁻⁴ tiam⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuat̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiam⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuat̚³²⁻⁵ tiam⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰuat̚³²⁻⁴ tiam⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuat̚³²⁻⁴ tiam⁴¹/

Noun

缺點

1. fault; defect; drawback

Synonyms

• 弊害 (bìhài)
• 弊病 (bìbìng)
• 弊端 (bìduān)
• 欠缺 (qiànquē)
• 毛病 (máobìng)
• 短處／短处 (duǎnchu)
• 缺失 (quēshī)
• 缺欠 (quēqiàn)
• 缺陷 (quēxiàn)
• 陷 (xiàn) (literary, or in compounds)

 

Antonyms

• 優點／优点 (yōudiǎn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (缺點):

• → Japanese: 欠(けっ)点(てん) (ketten)
• → Korean: 결점(缺點) (gyeoljeom)
• → Vietnamese: khuyết điểm (缺點)

Others:

• → Zhuang: gezdenj

Japanese

Kanji in this term
缺	點
けつ > けっ Hyōgaiji	てん Hyōgaiji
kan’on	on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 缺點 – see the following entry.

【欠点けってん】 [noun] something that detracts from perfection: a fault, a flaw, a defect [noun] a disadvantage, a drawback [noun] a failing grade Alternative spellings 缺点, 闕点

(This term, 缺點, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
缺	點

Noun

缺點 • (gyeoljeom) (hangeul 결점)

1. Hanja form^? of 결점 (“flaw; defect; shortcoming”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
缺	點

Noun

缺點

1. chữ Hán form of khuyết điểm (“shortcoming; defect; weakness”).