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kuà

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kuà Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kuà | kua4
English translation
to step across
to stride over
to straddle
to span
to straddle, to ride; to span, to stretch across

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About kuà

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

kuà

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

foot

Etymology of kuà

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

足夸

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

kuā

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Example sentences using kuà

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shuì , péi zhāo 希奥 zǒu jìn 厨房 chúfáng , kuà shǎng le 林荫道 lín yìn dào .

He escorted Tessio out of the kitchen and onto the mall.

Suǒ kuà jìn 店门, 绸伞,漫不经心 màn bù jīng xīn de 退 tuì le 出来 chū lái .

Soapy stepped inside, secured the umbrella and sauntered off with It'slowly.

提出 tí chū le zhǒng 有效 yǒu xiào de kuà 音速 yīn sù 翼型气动 qì dòng 优化 yōu huà 设计 shèjì 方法 fāngfǎ .

An effective aerodynamic optimization design method of transonic airfoil is given.

1 yuè 下旬 xià xún de tiān 早晨 zǎo chén , 爱泼斯坦迈着轻快 qīng kuài de 大步 dà bù 跨过 kuà guò 朱利安 Zhū lì ān de 病房 bìng fáng .

One morning in late January, Epstein strode briskly into Julian's room.

zhè zuò qiáo 跨度 kuà dù wéi 一百.

The bridge has a span of 100 metres.

Words with kuà

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
kuà to span kuà
跨越 kuà yuè step over跨越 kuà yuè
跨过 kuà guò to surmount跨過
跨国 kuà guó transnational跨國
跨国公司 kuà guó gōng sī transnational corporation跨國公司
横跨 héng kuà to span橫跨
跨度 kuà dù span跨度 kuà dù
跨越式 kuà yuè shì breakthrough跨越式 kuà yuè shì
跨步 kuà bù to take a (striding) step跨步 kuà bù
跨栏 kuà lán hurdles跨欄
跨上 kuà shàng to mount (a horse, bike, flight of stairs, rickshaw etc)跨上 kuà shàng
跨学科 kuà xué kē interdisciplinary跨學科
跨线桥 kuà xiàn qiáo flyover (road bridge)跨線橋
跨国化 kuà guó huà to globalize跨國化

kuà Decomposition & Compounds

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kuà Decomposition

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