Chinese symbol for “disadvantage”
缺点
quē diǎn
Traditional: 缺點
weak point; fault; shortcoming; disadvantage
The closest CC-CEDICT match for disadvantage is 缺点 (quē diǎn), defined as: weak point; fault; shortcoming; disadvantage; 个 (gè).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “disadvantage”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 缺点.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 缺乏 | quē fá | to lack; to be short of |
| 缺少 | quē shǎo | lack; shortage of |
| 缺陷 | quē xiàn | defect; flaw |
| 短缺 | duǎn quē | shortage |
| 缺席 | quē xí | to be absent |
| 一点 (一點) | yī diǎn | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit |
| 重点 (重點) | chóng diǎn | to recount (e.g. results of election); to re-evaluate |
| 观点 (觀點) | guān diǎn | point of view; viewpoint |
See also: Japanese symbol for “disadvantage”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.