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CHINESE DICTIONARYWORD

欠

qiànHSK 5

欠 (qiàn) is an HSK 5 Chinese word with 2 definitions and 4 bilingual examples.

PARTS OF SPEECH1
DEFINITIONS2
EXAMPLES4
01

Definitions & Usage

Meanings and examples

1

verb 动

  1. Englishto owe

    • EX
      我上个月欠他的钱已经还清了。

      I have already repaid the money I owed him last month.

    • EX
      他还欠我一个合理的解释。

      He still owes me a reasonable explanation.

  2. Englishto be short of

    • EX
      我说这句话的时候欠考虑。

      I didn't think about it when I said this.

    • EX
      这次活动效果欠佳，我们需要重新想办法。

      The results of this event were less than satisfactory, so we need to rethink our approach.