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Information of 欠

Pinyin qiàn

Radical

欠

Strokes

4 strokes

Usage

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Definition

deficient / owe / to lack / yawn

欠 [qiàn] 基本含义: 打呵欠 (to yawn) 1. 人在疲倦时张口出气: 打哈欠。 (When a person is tired, they open their mouth to exhale: yawn.) 2. 身体稍稍向上移动: 欠身。 (The body or a part of the body slightly rises: slightly raise.) 3. 短少，不够: 欠缺，欠安。 (Short of; insufficient: owe, be short of.) 4. 借别人的财物没有还或应当给人的事物还没有给: 拖欠，欠账。 (Borrowing someone else's possessions without returning or giving what is due: owe, outstanding debts.) 5. 不如: (Not equal to.) 6. 想念: (Miss.) 7. 损人的: (Spiteful.) --- 形容词含义: 1. 痴呆: (Dull-witted.) 另见: qian --- 引文: 1. 《说文》：欠，张口气悟也。 (According to "Shuowen": 欠 means to open one's mouth and exhale.) 2. 《红楼梦》：犹恐是梦，忙又将身子欠起来。 (From "Dream of the Red Chamber": Still fearing it might be a dream, hurriedly raised the body slightly.) 3. 《水浒传》：须欠郑大官人典身钱。 (From "Water Margin": Must owe the money to the official Zheng.) 4. 《三国演义》：万事俱备，只欠东风。 (From "Romance of the Three Kingdoms": Everything is ready, only lacking the east wind.) 5. 《警世通言》：爹爹，大娘欠你，送辣面与你吃。 (From "Jing Shi Tong Yan": Dad, Ma owes you, send some spicy noodles for you to eat.)

呵欠 hē qiàn

yawn

打呵欠 dǎ hē qiàn

to yawn

欠妥 qiàn tuǒ

improper / inappropriate / unsatisfactory / inadequate

拖欠 tuō qiàn

in arrears / behind in payments / to default on one's debts

欠揍 qiàn zòu

to need a spanking

欠缺 qiàn quē

to be deficient in / lapse / deficiency

欠债 qiàn zhài

to owe a debt / the sum owed

积欠 jī qiàn

have one's debts piling up

欠款 qiàn kuǎn

to owe a debt / balance due / debts

欠身 qiàn shēn

to half rise out of one's chair (a polite gesture)

欠安 qiàn ān

ill (euphemism)

打哈欠 dǎ hā qiàn

yawn

欠账 qiàn zhàng

to owe a debt / debt / obligation

欠税 qiàn shuì

owing taxes / outstanding tax

欠缴 qiàn jiǎo

arrears / default of payment

清欠 qīng qiàn

clear up defaults

缺欠 quē qiàn

imperfection / defect / shortcoming

赊欠 shē qiàn

to offer credit / credit transaction / to buy or sell on account

欠条 qiàn tiáo

IOU / certificate of indebtedness

只欠东风 zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng

all we need is an east wind (idiom); lacking only one tiny crucial item

欠佳 qiàn jiā

suboptimal / subpar / not good enough

亏欠 kuī qiàn

to fall short of / to have a deficit / deficit / deficiency