You owe me money.
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欠
qiàn
HSK 3.0 · 5HSK 2.0 · 5
Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US
qiàn · him3 (Jyutping)
- to owe
- to lack
- (literary) to be deficient in
- (bound form) yawn
- to raise slightly (a part of one's body)
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Character breakdown
欠
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
I owe Tom some money.
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