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残缺 (cán quē): Incomplete / imperfect (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 3.0Level 7-9
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残 • cán • incomplete, damaged, or cruel • HSK 3.0 · L7-9
HSK 3.0 · L7-9
cán残

incomplete, damaged, or cruel

缺 • quē • to lack, to be short of, deficient • HSK 3.0 · L4
HSK 3.0 · L4
quē缺

to lack, to be short of, deficient

Word Info

Pinyincán quē
MeaningIncomplete / imperfect
Characters2
SyntaxVerb
4.

How to Use 残缺 in Sentences

Adverb + Adjectivewith严重
yán严
zhòng重
cán残
quē缺
neutral
severely damaged
Idiomwith不全
cán残
quē缺
bù不
quán全
Verb + Objectwith修复
xiū修
fù复
cán残
quē缺
Noun + Adjectivewith肢体
zhī肢
tǐ体
cán残
quē缺
5.

Example Sentences with 残缺

zhè这
fèn份
gǔ古
dài代
wén文
xiàn献
de
neutral
incomplete and fragmentary
formal
repair the damage
formal
physical disability
的
mò末
wěi尾
bù部
fen分
cán残
quē缺
，
gěi给
yán研
jiū究
dài带
lái来
le了
jù巨
dà大
tiǎo挑
zhàn战
。
The ending part of this ancient document is incomplete, posing a great challenge to the research.
nǐ你
nán难
dào道
bù不
jué觉
de得
，
guò过
yú于
zhuī追
qiú求
wán完
měi美
fǎn反
ér而
huì会
ràng让
shēng生
huó活
biàn变
de得
cán残
quē缺
ma吗
？
Don't you think that excessively pursuing perfection can actually make life feel incomplete?
tā他
duàn断
rán然
fǒu否
rèn认
zì自
jǐ己
de的
jì记
yì忆
yǒu有
rèn任
hé何
cán残
quē缺
，
jiān坚
chēng称
jì记
de得
suǒ所
yǒu有
xì细
jié节
。
He categorically denied that his memory was in any way incomplete, insisting he remembered all the details.
jìn尽
guǎn管
shè设
bèi备
yǒu有
xiē些
cán残
quē缺
，
gōng工
chéng程
shī师
men们
hái还
shì是
qiǎo巧
miào妙
dì地
wán完
chéng成
le了
xiū修
fù复
rèn任
wu务
。
Despite the equipment being somewhat imperfect, the engineers cleverly completed the repair task.
lì历
shǐ史
jì记
lù录
yǒu有
shí时
huì会
cán残
quē缺
bù不
quán全
，
xū需
yào要
kǎo考
gǔ古
fā发
xiàn现
lái来
bǔ补
chōng充
。
Historical records are sometimes incomplete and require archaeological discoveries to fill in the gaps.

Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 残缺.

Words with 残
  • 摧残cuī cánwreck; destroy; devastate
  • 残忍cán rěncruel; ruthless; merciless
  • 残留cán liúremain; be left over; residual
  • 残疾cán jíphysical disability; deformity
  • 残酷cán kùcruel; brutal; ruthless
  • 伤残shāng cánDisabled
  • 凶残xiōng cánBrutal
  • 残余cán yúremnant; leftover; residue
Words with 缺
  • 缺少quē shǎolack
  • 缺点quē diǎndisadvantage
  • 缺乏quē fábe short of; lack; deficiency
  • 短缺duǎn quēshortage
缺口
quē kǒu
breach; gap; loophole
  • 缺席quē xíabsent
  • 缺陷quē xiàndefect; fault
  • 欠缺qiàn quēDeficiency / lack