缺 席

quēxí

“To be absent” in Chinese is 缺席 (quēxí).

Meaning

to be absent

Example

告诉我他为什么缺席了。

Tell me why he was absent.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

quēHSK 310 strokesdeficiency xíHSK 410 strokeswoven mat

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