欠 qiàn

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Number of strokes

Radical frequency

235

Traditional form

欠 qiàn

Contains the radical

欠 qiàn

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

A man 人 rén yawning ⺈

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿱⺈人

Explanation

Pictograph of a person opening their mouth to yawn.

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你 nǐ 欠 qiàn 我 wǒ 美金 Měi jīn 五 wǔ 元 Yuán .

You owe me a fin.

他 tā 欠 qiàn 的 de 债 zhài 共达五千元 Yuán .

His debts amount to five thousand dollars.

他 tā 的 de 其他 qítā 一些 yī xiē 不多的 de 财产 cáichǎn 大部分 dà bù fen 都 dōu 早已 zǎo yǐ 被 bèi 变卖 biàn mài 还 Huán 了 le 欠 qiàn 租 zū .

Most of his other few possessions had long since been sold to pay arrears of rent.

你 nǐ 能 Néng 算 suàn 一下 yīxià 我 wǒ 总共 zǒnggòng 欠 qiàn 你 nǐ 多少 duōshǎo 钱 Qián 吗 mǎ ?

Can you tot up how much I owe you?

我 wǒ 买 mǎi 了 le 那 Nā 辆 liàng 汽车 qì chē ,大约 dàyuē 还 Huán 欠 qiàn 100英镑 Yīng bàng .

I still owe nearly a hundred pounds on that car.

Explore 20 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 欠 qiàn in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
欠 qiàn	to owe	欠 qiàn
拖欠 tuō qiàn	in arrears	拖欠 tuō qiàn
欠缺 qiàn quē	lapse	欠缺 qiàn quē
欠款 qiàn kuǎn	to owe a debt	欠款 qiàn kuǎn
欠佳 qiàn jiā	suboptimal	欠佳 qiàn jiā
欠债 qiàn zhài	to owe a debt	欠債
亏欠 kuī qiàn	deficit	虧欠
欠薪 qiàn xīn	to owe wages	欠薪 qiàn xīn
哈欠 hā qian	yawn	哈欠 hā qian
欠条 qiàn tiáo	IOU	欠條
欠账 qiàn zhàng	debt	欠賬
欠身 qiàn shēn	to half rise out of one's chair (a polite gesture)	欠身 qiàn shēn
欠妥 qiàn tuǒ	improper	欠妥 qiàn tuǒ
呵欠 hē qiàn	yawn	呵欠 hē qiàn
欠费 qiàn fèi	to be in arrears	欠費
只欠东风 zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng	all we need is an east wind (idiom); lacking only one tiny crucial item	只欠東風
赊欠 shē qiàn	to offer credit	賒欠
欠安 qiàn ān	ill (euphemism)	欠安 qiàn ān
打呵欠 dǎ hē qiàn	to yawn	打呵欠 dǎ hē qiàn
尾欠 wěi qiàn	balance due	尾欠 wěi qiàn

See all 112 Chinese words that contain the character 欠 qiàn in their composition.

欠 qiàn

次 cì

咨 zī

谘 zī , 趦 zī , 諮 zī

資 zī

澬 zī , 薋, 蠀

资 zī , 盗 dào , 姿 zī , 茨 cí , 瓷 cí , 恣 zì , 粢 zī , 趑 zī , 餈 cí , 乲, 垐, 栥, 楶, 秶

吹 chuī

欺 qī

欣 xīn

掀 xiān , 锨 xiān , 俽

坎 kǎn

莰 kǎn

钦 Qīn

揿 qìn

欶 shuò

嗽 sòu , 嫰, 摗

歆 xīn

噷 hèn , 嬜

欮 jué

闕 quē

欽 qīn

撳 qìn

擨 yé

歎 tàn

欢 huān , 歉 qiàn , 歌 gē , 欧 Ōu , 款 kuǎn , 欲 yù , 软 ruǎn , 饮 yǐn , 歇 xiē , 砍 kǎn , 欸 āi , 炊 chuī , 軟 ruǎn , 歃 shà , 歊 xiāo , 歐 ōu , 盜 dào , 扻 zì , 杴 xiān , 欤 yú , 欨 xū , 欬 kài , 欱 hē , 欵 kuǎn , 欷 xī , 欹 yī , 欻 chuā , 欼 chǐ , 欿 kǎn , 歁 kǎn , 歈 yú , 歓 huān , 歔 xū , 歕 pēn , 歗 xiào , 歘 xū , 歙 shè , 歛 hān , 歜 chù , 歠 chuò , 芡 qiàn , 飮 yǐn , 龡 chuì , 弞, 忺, 慾 yù , 欥, 欦, 欩, 欪
欫, 欭, 欯, 欰, 欳, 欴, 歀, 歂, 歄, 歅, 歍, 歏, 歑, 歒, 歖, 歚, 歝, 歞, 歟, 歡 huān , 缼, 肷 qiǎn , 螸, 赥, 赼, 飲 yǐn