垮 (kuǎ): to collapse (lit. or fig.)
垮 (kuǎ) is a Chinese character meaning “to collapse (lit. or fig.).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 土 (semantic) and 夸 (phonetic). It ranks #2544 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 垮 earth. Its radical form 土 (earth) appears in many related characters such as 在 (zài, to exist), 地 (dì, earth, ground), 场 (chǎng, field, place).
Definitions
- to collapse (lit. or fig.)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打垮 | dǎ kuǎ | to defeat |
| 垮台 | kuǎ tái | (of a dynasty, regime etc) to collapse |
| 累垮 | lèi kuǎ | to collapse |
| 压垮 | yā kuǎ | to cause sth to collapse under the weight |
| 冲垮 | chōng kuǎ | to burst |
| 拖垮 | tuō kuǎ | to drag down |
| 垮脸 | kuǎ liǎn | (of the face) to harden |
| 松垮 | sōng kuǎ | undisciplined |
| 炸垮 | zhà kuǎ | to blow up (demolish with an explosion) |
| 挤垮 | jǐ kuǎ | to squash |
| 垮塌 | kuǎ tā | to collapse (of building, dam or bridge) |
垮 appears in 11 compound words: 27 as the first character, 73 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 垮 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
垮生土长的他对这片土地充满感情。
kuǎ shēng tǔ cháng de tā duì zhè piān tǔ dì chōng mǎn gǎn qíng .
Born and raised here, he has deep affection for this land.
快讯/苏衡狂飙20分10篮板轰垮北一女中 阳明高中夺下队史HBL首冠
kuài xùn sū héng kuáng biāo 2 0 fēn 1 0 lán bǎn hōng kuǎ běi yī nǚ zhōng yáng míng gāo zhōng duó xià duì shǐ H B L shǒu guàn
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bié ràng chóng zī chǎn tuō kuǎ nǐ de chuàng yè mèng , fán tiě dé lì dǎ zào jiàn shēn pǐn pái xīn shì lì
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...友、杨铭威“婚姻大事纪时间轴”!3原因压垮婚姻
. . . yǒu , yáng míng wēi hūn yīn dà shì jì shí jiān zhóu ! 3 yuán yīn yā kuǎ hūn yīn
...Friend, Yang Mingwei’s “Marriage Timeline”! 3 Reasons That Broke Up the Marriage
...哲复出骑行一日北高:证明了民众党没有被打垮
. . . zhé fù chū qí háng yī rì běi gāo : zhèng míng le mín zhòng dǎng méi yǒu bèi dǎ kuǎ
... Zhe's comeback ride to Beigao for a day: proves that the People's Party has not been defeated
德国羽赛/林俊易轰垮印度前球王 携戚又仁闯男单8强
dé guó yǔ sài lín jùn yì hōng kuǎ yìn dù qián qiú wáng xié qī yòu rén chuǎng nán dān 8 qiáng
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水流的强力把桥给冲垮了。
Shuǐliú de qiánglì bǎ qiáo gěi chōngkuǎ le.
The flow of the water was strong enough to wash away the bridge.
他干活太用功，把身体弄垮了。
Tā gànhuó tài yònggōng, bǎ shēntǐ nòng kuǎ le.
He worked too hard and destroyed his health.
Character Family
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