DEFECT 缺點
BAD FEATURE in something GOOD OR LACK of a DESIRED GOOD FEATURE.
Modern Chinese Criteria
Hyponym
- ILLNESS TYPICALLY TEMPORARY DEFECT of the BODY OR MIND of HUMANS OR of the BODY of ANIMALS. (anc: 5/0, child: 12)
- JADE DEFECT DEFECT of JADE. (anc: 5/0, child: 0)
Antonym
- PERFECTCOMPLETELY AND INTENSELY EXCELLENT.
See also
- LACKSITUATION OF NOT HAVING, OR NOT to BEING-IN the UNIVERSE.
Hypernym
玷,瑕
1. The main difference is that dia4n 玷 is very rare and refers to defects in general only by poetic licence. Xia2 瑕 is quite common and is regularly used in figurative abstract, even psychological senses like "moral flaw, moral blemish", also verbally
1. The use of dia4n 玷 as a polite verb is post-Han.
缺,闕
1. WL claims that in the meaning "defect", "fault" the graph used in ancient times was que1 闕. In fact, the graph que1 缺 is also quite current in pre-Buddhist texts, although que1 闕 is more frequent.
Words (14 items)
闕 què, quē OC: khod MC: khi̯ɐt 17 Attributions
- Word relations
- Object: 補/REPAIR
Bǔ 補 focusses on the act of supplementing something as a constitutive element to get something into good repair. - Assoc: 遺/DEFECT
- Syntactic words
- nabfeaturedefect, shortcoming; shortfall; deficiencies; defaults
- vibe faulty, be flawed, be imperfect
- vtoNbe faulty or defective with respect to
缺 quē OC: khʷeed MC: khet 15 Attributions
- Word relations
- Ant: 成/COMPLETE
The standard word for bringing anything to a successful conclusion is chéng 成.
- Syntactic words
- nabdefect, shortcoming
- nab.post-Nfeatureimperfection
- vibe deficient; be defective; have shortcomings
- vi-Pbe deficient, be defective; have shortcomings
- vichangecome to be deficient
- vtoNbe defincient with respect to, fail to meet the requirements of
瑕 xiá OC: ɡraa MC: ɦɣɛ 10 Attributions
- Word relations
- Assoc: 釁 / 釁 / 釁/HOLE
Xìn 釁/舋 refers to a small rift in something produced by wear and tear. - Assoc: 過/MISTAKE
- Assoc: 疵/DEFECT
- Assoc: 穢/DIRTY
Huì 穢 can refer to physical dirt, but the word is also used abstractly to refer to what is vulgar and morally distasteful. - Assoc: 謫/MISTAKE
- Syntactic words
- nabfigurativeflaw (in a person); blemish (in a person or action)
- v[adN]figurativedefective literary objectCH
- vifigurativebe flawed
疵 cī OC: dze MC: dziɛ 8 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nabfeatureflaw, defect
玷 diàn OC: k-leems MC: tem 2 Attributions
- Word relations
- Assoc: 污/DIRTY
The current general word for uncleanness and dirt, both concrete and abstract, is wū 污/汙 (ant. jié 潔 "clean"). - Assoc: 污/DIRTY
The current general word for uncleanness and dirt, both concrete and abstract, is wū 污/汙 (ant. jié 潔 "clean").
- Syntactic words
- nfigurativeflaw (in a person)
病 bìng OC: bɢraŋs MC: bɣaŋ 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nabfeaturedefect
- vtoV[0]suffer from the defect of V-ingCH
窳 yǔ OC: loʔ MC: ji̯o 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vibe defective; be in a poor state
騫 qiān OC: khran MC: khiɛn 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vibe defective, be of lesser quality
惡 è MC: 'ak OC: qaaɡ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- npost-NdefectCH
殊 shū OC: djo MC: dʑi̯o 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- nabdefect, shortcoming that marks someone out as different or special
纇 lèi OC: ruuls MC: luo̝i 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- nknot on thread> blemish, defect
瑕玷 xiá diàn OC: ɡraa k-leems MC: ɦɣɛ tem 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPpluralflaws HOUHANSHU 典籍無瑕玷
間 jiàn MC: -- OC: kreens 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nabfeaturedefect 六間