欠
HSK 5freq #2126
Meanings
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- 1.to owe
- 2.to lack
- 3.(literary) to be deficient in
- 4.(bound form) yawn
- 5.to raise slightly (a part of one's body)
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Wiktionary
- 1.to lack; to be deficient
- 2.to owe
- 3.to ask for; to beg for
- 4.to yawn
- 5.to raise slightly (a part of the body)
- 6.to be fidgety and bungling
- 7.to miss somebody
- 8.must; to have to
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Etymology
Pictogram (象形) – a kneeling person with mouth open for various reasons (e.g., begging 欠, speaking and/or spitting while speaking 次, blowing 吹, singing 歌, desiring 欲, being tired 軟, vomiting 歐...). The reversed version of this character is 㒫 > 旡 (e.g. 既), which must not be confused with 无. Similar but unrelated to 卩, in which the person kneeling has the mouth shut.
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
你欠我钱。
You owe me money.
我欠湯姆錢。
I owe Tom some money.
我欠您多少？
How much do I owe you?
我欠你这么多。
I owe you so much.
我欠了很多钱。
I owe a lot of money.
你欠我點東西。
You owe me something.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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