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夸

kuā

HSK 5 Character

What 夸 means

1. used in transliteration

Other readings

夸 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• kuāto boast; to exaggerate; to praise

Example sentences

• 避免太夸张。
  Try to avoid overdoing it.
• 不要再夸张了。
  Bù yào zài kuāzhāng le.
  Don't exaggerate.
• 现在你别夸张了。
  Xiànzài nǐ bié kuāzhāng le.
  Don't exaggerate now.
• 我就当你夸我了。
  Wǒ jiù dāng nǐ kuā wǒ le.
  I will take that as a compliment.
• 尤巴有点夸张了。
  Yuba is exaggerating.
• 我要一夸脱的牛奶。
  I want a quart of milk.

Words starting with 夸

• 夸张kuā zhāngto exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated; hyperbole
• 夸奖kuā jiǎngto praise; to applaud; to compliment
• 夸大kuā dàto exaggerate
• 夸耀kuā yàoto brag about; to flaunt
• 夸赞kuā zànto praise; to speak highly of; to commend
• 夸夸其谈kuā kuā qí tán(idiom) to talk big; to sound off; to be full of hot air
• 夸克kuā kè(particle physics) (loanword) quark
• 夸口kuā kǒuto boast
• 夸称kuā chēngto praise; to acclaim; to commend
• 夸海口kuā hǎi kǒuto boast; to talk big
• 夸大之词kuā dà zhī cíhyperbole; exaggeration
• 夸大其词kuā dà qí cíto exaggerate
• 夸休可尔症kuā xiū kě ěr zhèngkwashiorkor (medicine)
• 夸多斗靡kuā duō dòu mǐ(idiom) to use literary phrases in one's writing to show off one's erudition
• 夸下海口kuā xia hǎi kǒusee 夸海口

Words containing 夸

• 自夸zì kuāto boast
• 浮夸fú kuāto exaggerate; to be boastful; pompous
• 虚夸xū kuāto boast; to brag; boastful
• 上夸克shàng kuā kèup quark (particle physics)
• 下夸克xià kuā kèdown quark (particle physics)
• 底夸克dǐ kuā kèbottom quark (particle physics)
• 顶夸克dǐng kuā kètop quark (particle physics)
• 吉普斯夸Jí pǔ sī kuāGipuzkoa or Guipúzcoa, one of the seven Basque provinces in north Spain
• 奇异夸克qí yì kuā kèstrange quark (particle physics)
• 粲夸克càn kuā kècharm quark (particle physics)
• 王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸wáng pó mài guā , zì mài zì kuāevery potter praises his own pot (idiom); all one's geese are swans
• 老王卖瓜，自卖自夸Lǎo Wáng mài guā , zì mài zì kuāevery potter praises his own pot (idiom); all one's geese are swans

Characters that look like 夸

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

• 年niányear
• 争zhēngto strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate
• 夺duóto seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of
• 秀xiù(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful; (bound form) superior; excellent…
• 串chuànto string together; to skewer; to connect wrongly
• 夯hāngto ram; to tamp; a rammer; a tamper; excellent; exceptionally good

Sounds the same

Read kuā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 姱fascinating; pretty
• 絓type of coarse silk; bag used to wrap silk before washing