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kuā

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kuā Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kuā | kua1
English translation
extravagant, luxurious; handsome

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About kuā

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

kuā

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

Extravagant  kuā words yán kuā also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of kuā

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

言夸

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Words with kuā

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
夸张 kuāzhāng to exaggerate誇張
kuā to boast kuā
夸奖 kuā jiǎng to praise誇獎
夸大 kuā dà to exaggerate誇大
浮夸 fú kuā to exaggerate浮誇
夸耀 kuā yào to brag about誇耀
夸大其词 kuā dà qí cí to exaggerate誇大其詞
夸夸其谈 kuā kuā qí tán to talk big誇誇其談
自夸 zì kuā to boast自誇
夸赞 kuā zàn to praise誇贊
夸口 kuā kǒu to boast誇口
夸克 kuā kè quark (particle physics) (loanword)夸克 kuā kè
虚夸 xū kuā to boast虛誇
夸下海口 kuā xia hǎi kǒu to boast誇下海口
夸海口 kuā hǎi kǒu to boast誇海口

kuā Decomposition & Compounds

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