HSK 6 · Ideas

缺陷 quēxiàn “defect” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 缺陷 means

  1. defect
  2. flaw

How to say 缺陷

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale陷xiàn4th tone, falling

缺陷 in a sentence

  1. 一些疾病的产生原因是基因缺陷。

    Yìxiē jíbìng de chǎnshēng yuányīn shì jīyīn quēxiàn.

    Some diseases are caused by a defective gene.

    Sentence #3630130 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这个系统存在着许多缺陷和不尽完善的地方。

    Zhè ge xìtǒng cúnzài zhe xǔduō quēxiàn hé bújìn wánshàn de dìfang.

    This system has many flaws and areas that still need improving.

    Sentence #604465 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这个系统有些明显的缺陷。

    Zhè ge xìtǒng yǒuxiē míngxiǎn de quēxiàn.

    This system has some obvious flaws.

    Sentence #1261466 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 缺陷 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 陷 (xiàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
陷xiànpitfall
  • 阝place
  • 臽pit · xiàn

How to write 缺陷

缺 10 strokes · 陷 10 strokes

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

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

Words related to 缺陷

Words with 缺

缺少quēshǎo · lack缺点quēdiǎn · weak point缺乏quēfá · to lack缺席quēxí · to be absent缺口quēkǒu · gap

Words with 陷

陷入xiànrù · to fall into诬陷wūxiàn · to frame陷害xiànhài · to frame陷阱xiànjǐng · trap

More words: Ideas & Concepts

全局quánjú · overall situation圈套quāntào · trap渠道qúdào · channel缺口quēkǒu · gap人格réngé · personality人间rénjiān · the human world人性rénxìng · human nature任重道远rènzhòngdàoyuǎn · to carry a heavy responsibility (lit. heavy load

FAQs

缺陷 (quēxiàn) means “defect” or “flaw”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it quēxiàn: quē with a 1st tone, then xiàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 缺陷 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type quexian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 缺陷 from the suggestions. Typing quexian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
缺陷 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.