阙 (闕) què

  1. què noun a watchtower; a guard tower
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In particular, the two watchtowers outside the imperial palace gate (CC-CEDICT '闕'; Guoyu '闕' què n 1; Kroll 2015 '闕' què 1, p. 382; Unihan '闕'; XHZD '阙' què 1, p. 625)
  2. quē noun a fault; deficiency; a mistake
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: An archaic variant of 缺; for example, the iddiom 裨补阙漏 'no oversights or shortcomings' (CC-CEDICT '闕'; Guoyu '闕' quē n 1; Kroll 2015 '闕' quē 2, p. 382; Pollard 2002, p. 26; XHZD '阙' quē 2, p. 624)
  3. què noun palace
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '闕' què n 2; Kroll 2015 '闕' què 1a, p. 382; Unihan '闕')
  4. què noun a stone carving in front of a tomb
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '闕' què 2, p. 382; XHZD '阙' què 2, p. 625)
  5. quē verb to be deficient
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 短少 (Guoyu '闕' quē v 2; Kroll 2015 '闕' quē 1, p. 382; XHZD '阙' quē 1, p. 624)
  6. quē verb to reserve; to put to the side
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '闕' quē 3, p. 382)
  7. quē proper noun Que
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '闕'; Guoyu '闕' què n 3; XHZD '阙' quē 1, p. 624)
  8. quē noun an unfilled official position
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 官职的空位 (Guoyu '闕' quē n 2)
  9. quē verb to lose
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 亏损 (Guoyu '闕' quē v 1)
  10. quē adjective omitted
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 脱漏 (Guoyu '闕' quē adj 2)

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