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understaffed
lack of staff
At Christmas, most shops are short of hands, so you may find something to do there.
Work is slower than anticipated because we are short-handed.

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Open the tool →缺人手 (quē rén shǒu) means “short-staffed, understaffed, lack of staff”.
缺人手 is pronounced quē rén shǒu in Mandarin Chinese.
“short-staffed” is 缺人手 (quē rén shǒu) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 缺人手, each with pinyin and an English translation.