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垮

kuǎ

Character

What 垮 means

1. to collapse (lit. or fig.)

Example sentences

• Igor 彻底垮了。
  Igor was completely broken down.
• 水流的强力把桥给冲垮了。
  Shuǐliú de qiánglì bǎ qiáo gěi chōngkuǎ le.
  The flow of the water was strong enough to wash away the bridge.
• 他干活太用功，把身体弄垮了。
  He worked too hard and destroyed his health.

Words starting with 垮

• 垮台kuǎ tái(of a dynasty, regime etc) to collapse; to fall from power
• 垮塌kuǎ tāto collapse (of building, dam or bridge)
• 垮脸kuǎ liǎn(of the face) to harden; to sag

Words containing 垮

• 打垮dǎ kuǎto defeat; to strike down; to destroy
• 压垮yā kuǎto cause sth to collapse under the weight; (fig.) to overwhelm
• 拖垮tuō kuǎto drag down; to bring down
• 挤垮jǐ kuǎto squash; to crush; to squeeze out of business
• 炸垮zhà kuǎto blow up (demolish with an explosion)
• 累垮lèi kuǎto collapse; to be worn out; to break down
• 冲垮chōng kuǎto burst; to break through; to topple
• 松垮sōng kuǎundisciplined; loose; slack

Characters built on 夸

These share the phonetic component 夸 (kuā), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 跨kuàto step across; to stride over; to straddle
• 胯kuàcrotch; groin; hip
• 挎kuàto carry (esp. slung over the arm, shoulder or side)

Characters that look like 垮

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 将jiāngwill; shall; to use
• 烤kǎoto roast; to grill; to broil; to bake; to toast (bread); to warm oneself by a fire
• 坤kūnone of the Eight Trigrams 八卦; female principle; ☷
• 桦huà(botany) birch (genus Betula)
• 挎kuàto carry (esp. slung over the arm, shoulder or side)
• 绔kùvariant of 裤

Sounds the same

Read kuǎ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 侉foreign accent