缺少
quē​shǎo HSK3

to lack

缺少 quē​shǎo
to lack verb
to be short of; to lack; to have a shortage of (especially of people or items)

唯一缺少的是你的照片。

wéi​yī quē​shǎo de shì nǐ de zhào​piàn.

The only thing missing is your photo.

问题是缺少食物。

wèn​tí shì quē​shǎo shí​wù.

The problem is a lack of food.

lack
a shortage; a lack; a shortfall

Frequency
Movie subtitles
11.2 per million appears in 5% of films
Written text
31.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3

Cross-References

Synonym

Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)