HSK 6 · Ideas

缺口 quēkǒu “gap” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 缺口 means

  1. gap
  2. breach
  3. shortfall
  4. nick
  5. jag

How to say 缺口

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale缺quē1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale口kǒu3rd tone, dipping

缺口 in a sentence

  1. 墙上有一个缺口。

    Qiáng shàng yǒu yí ge quēkǒu.

    There’s a gap in the wall.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 今年的资金还有一个很大的缺口。

    Jīnnián de zījīn hái yǒu yí ge hěn dà de quēkǒu.

    There’s still a big funding shortfall this year.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 缺口 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 缺 (quē) with each of its parts in a different colour
缺quēdeficiency
  • 缶jar · fǒuMeaning part
  • 夬decisive · guàiSound part

缶 hints at the meaning (jar); 夬 (guài) hints at the sound. Compare it with quē.

The character 口 (kǒu) with each of its parts in a different colour
口kǒumouth
  • 冂down box · jiōng
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidDrawn from an open mouth.

How to write 缺口

缺 10 strokes · 口 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

缺口 (quēkǒu) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 缺口 (quēkǒu). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 缺口

Words with 缺

缺少quēshǎo · lack缺点quēdiǎn · weak point缺乏quēfá · to lack缺席quēxí · to be absent缺陷quēxiàn · defect

Words with 口

门口ménkǒu · doorway口kǒu · mouth路口lùkǒu · intersection入口rùkǒu · entrance口味kǒuwèi · taste胃口wèikǒu · appetite借口jièkǒu · to use as an excuse出口chūkǒu · exit进口jìnkǒu · to import人口rénkǒu · population

More words: Ideas & Concepts

起源qǐyuán · origin全局quánjú · overall situation圈套quāntào · trap渠道qúdào · channel缺陷quēxiàn · defect人格réngé · personality人间rénjiān · the human world人性rénxìng · human nature

FAQs

缺口 (quēkǒu) means “gap” or “breach”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it quēkǒu: quē with a 1st tone, then kǒu with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 缺口 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type quekou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 缺口 from the suggestions. Typing quekou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
缺口 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.