| 缺 | quē wèi | (of a position) to fall vacant / vacant post; a vacancy / (of regulation, service etc) unsatisfactory; dysfunctional | 
| 缺 | quē | deficiency / lack / scarce / vacant post / to run short of | 
| 位 | wèi | position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential |