欠

On the HSK 5 vocabulary list, at CEFR level B2.

qiàn ㄑㄧㄢˋ

    • to owe
    • to lack
    • to be deficient in

      literary

    • yawn

      bound form

    • to raise slightly (a part of one's body)

Other words read qiàn

In the same tone

  • 嵌 qiàn inlay
  • 纤 qiàn boatman's tow-rope
  • 堑 qiàn moat
  • 歉 qiàn apologize
  • 嗛 qiàn pouch

All 18 words read qiàn

qian with other tones

  • 前 qián front
  • 钱 qián coin
  • 千 qiān thousand
  • 迁 qiān move
  • 浅 qiǎn shallow

All 66 words read qian in any tone

Other words read qiàn

In the same tone

  • 嵌 qiàn inlay
  • 縴 qiàn boatman's tow-rope
  • 纖 xiān fine
  • 塹 qiàn moat
  • 歉 qiàn apologize

All 18 words read qiàn

qian with other tones

  • 前 qián front
  • 錢 qián coin
  • 千 qiān thousand
  • 遷 qiān move
  • 淺 qiǎn shallow

All 66 words read qian in any tone

How 欠 is written

    部首 radical
    欠
    笔画 strokes
    4
    结构 structure
    独体字

    欠 as a 部首

    欠 is a 部首 (bùshǒu), a radical. A Chinese dictionary files every character under one of them, and this one files 36 under 欠. Look a character up by the 欠 radical

    Words with 欠

    Starting with 欠

    • 欠缺 qiànquē be deficient in
    • 欠身 qiànshēn half rise out of one's chair
    • 欠佳 qiànjiā suboptimal
    • 欠债 qiànzhài owe a debt
    • 欠款 qiànkuǎn owe a debt

    All 15 words starting with 欠

    Ending with 欠

    All 12 words ending with 欠

    Containing 欠

    • 只欠东风 zhǐqiàndōngfēng lacking only one tiny crucial item

    Words with 欠

    Starting with 欠

    • 欠缺 qiànquē be deficient in
    • 欠身 qiànshēn half rise out of one's chair
    • 欠佳 qiànjiā suboptimal
    • 欠債 qiànzhài owe a debt
    • 欠款 qiànkuǎn owe a debt

    All 15 words starting with 欠

    Ending with 欠

    All 12 words ending with 欠

    Containing 欠

    • 只欠東風 zhǐqiàndōngfēng lacking only one tiny crucial item

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