| 缺乏 | quē fá | shortage; be lacking; to be short of; to lack; scarcity |
| 乏 | fá | short of; tired |
| 贫乏 | pín fá | lack; incomplete |
| 疲乏 | pí fá | tired; weary |
| 乏味 | fá wèi | tedious |
| 不乏 | bù fá | there is no lack of |
| 匮乏 | kuì fá | to be deficient in sth; to be short of sth (supplies, money etc) |
| 乏燃料 | fá rán liào | spent fuel |
| 乏燃料储存 | fá rán liào chǔ cún | spent fuel storage |
| 乏燃料棒 | fá rán liào bàng | spent fuel rods |
| 人困马乏 | rén kùn mǎ fá | riders tired and horses weary; worn out; exhausted; spent; fatigued |
| 勤劳不虞匮乏 | qín láo bù yú kuì fá | poverty is a stranger to industry (idiom) |
| 单调乏味 | dān diào fá wèi | donkeywork (idiom) |
| 承乏 | chéng fá | to accept a position on a provisional basis, in the absence of better qualified candidates (humble expr.) |
| 欲振乏力 | yù zhèn fá lì | to try to rouse oneself but lack the strength (idiom) |
| 无虞匮乏 | wú yú kuì fá | no fear of deficiency; sufficient; abundant |
| 缺乏症 | quē fá zhèng | clinical deficiency |
| 解乏 | jiě fá | to relieve tiredness; to freshen up |
| 语言匮乏 | yǔ yán kuì fá | language deficit (linguistics) |
