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跨

kuà

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character

跨 (kuà) means "to step across; to stride over; to straddle". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 跨 means

1. to step across
2. to stride over
3. to straddle
4. to span

Example sentences

• 禁止跨越。
  Jìnzhǐ kuàyuè.
  No leaping over.
• 我是跨性别
  I'm transgender.
• 玛丽是跨性别。
  Mary is transgender.
• 你要去哪里跨年?
  Where do you want to celebrate New Year?
• 阿尔卑斯山地跨欧洲八国。
  The Alps extend across eight European countries.
• 阴阳人与跨性别是两码事。
  Intersex and trans are two different things.

Words starting with 跨

• 跨越kuà yuèto step across; step over
• 跨过kuà guòto surmount; to cross over
• 跨国kuà guótransnational; multinational
• 跨国公司kuà guó gōng sītransnational corporation; multinational corporation
• 跨度kuà dùspan; horizontal distance between vertical supports
• 跨上kuà shàngto mount (a horse, bike, flight of stairs, rickshaw etc)
• 跨学科kuà xué kēinterdisciplinary
• 跨越式kuà yuè shìbreakthrough; going beyond; leap-forward
• 跨步kuà bùto take a (striding) step
• 跨境kuà jìngcross-border
• 跨年kuà niánto step into the new year; New Year
• 跨洲kuà zhōuintercontinental
• 跨界kuà jièto go beyond the border; to be transboundary; (fig.) to transition to a new field of…
• 跨省kuà shěnginterprovincial; multiprovincial
• 跨足kuà zúto enter (a new market etc)
• 跨距kuà jù(Taiwan) span (architecture); time span
• 跨院kuà yuànlateral court (in a Chinese house)
• 跨国化kuà guó huàto internationalize; to globalize
• 跨地区kuà dì qūinterregional; spanning two or more PRC provinces
• 跨平台kuà píng tái(computing) cross-platform
• 跨径kuà jìngspan (architecture)
• 跨性别kuà xìng biétransgender
• 跨接器kuà jiē qìjumper (electronics)
• 跨文化kuà wén huàintercultural

Words containing 跨

• 横跨héng kuàto span; to stretch across; to travel across
• 脱跨tuō kuà(neologism) to detransition; to cease identifying as transgender

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.

• 垮kuǎto collapse (lit. or fig.)
• 胯kuàcrotch; groin; hip
• 挎kuàto carry (esp. slung over the arm, shoulder or side)

Characters that look like 跨

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

• 缔dì(archaic) to bind up inextricably; (bound form) to form an enduring union…
• 椅yǐchair
• 粹cuìpure; unmixed; essence
• 辟pìpenal law; variant of 辟
• 琦qí(literary) fine jade
• 漪yīripple

Sounds the same

Read kuà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 挎to carry (esp. slung over the arm, shoulder or side)
• 胯crotch; groin; hip
• 㐄component in Chinese characters, mirror image of 夂

Where 跨 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · kuà–kū (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read kuà correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.