夸 (kuā): to boast, to exaggerate, to praise
夸 (kuā) is a Chinese character meaning “to boast.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 大 (semantic) and 亏 (phonetic). It ranks #1928 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 夸 great. Its radical form 大 (big) appears in many related characters such as 大 (dà, big), 天 (tiān, day), 太 (tài, highest).
Definitions
- to boast
- to exaggerate
- to praise
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 夸
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 夸大 | kuā dà | to exaggerate |
| 夸大其词 | kuā dà qí cí | to exaggerate |
| 夸夸其谈 | kuā kuā qí tán | variant of 誇誇其談|夸夸其谈[kua1 kua1 qi2 tan2] |
| 夸耀 | kuā yào | to brag about |
| 自夸 | zì kuā | to boast |
| 浮夸 | fú kuā | to exaggerate |
| 夸赞 | kuā zàn | to praise |
| 夸口 | kuā kǒu | to boast |
| 虚夸 | xū kuā | to boast |
| 夸下海口 | kuā xia hǎi kǒu | see 誇海口|夸海口[kua1 hai3 kou3] |
| 夸大之词 | kuā dà zhī cí | hyperbole |
| 上夸克 | shàng kuā kè | up quark (particle physics) |
| 下夸克 | xià kuā kè | down quark (particle physics) |
| 夸海口 | kuā hǎi kǒu | to boast |
| 奇异夸克 | qí yì kuā kè | strange quark (particle physics) |
夸 appears in 27 compound words: 56 as the first character, 22 as the last, and 22 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 夸 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
写好夸字需要掌握正确的笔画顺序。
xiě hǎo kuā zì xū yāo zhǎng wò zhēng què de bǐ huà shùn xù .
To write the character "夸" correctly, you need to master the proper stroke order.
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川普夸吸引投资18兆美元、喊关税取代所得税 纽...
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川普选前夸口能终战 纽时:看看乌克兰现在变怎样
chuān pǔ xuǎn qián kuā kǒu néng zhōng zhàn niǔ shí : kàn kàn wū kè lán xiàn zài biàn zěn yàng
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公务员上相亲节目 夸大资产被批评教育
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【有片】“曼联JJ”浮夸金球 卡域克被禁起用?
yǒu piàn 曼 lián J J fú kuā jīn qiú kǎ yù kè bèi jīn qǐ yòng ?
"Manchester United JJ" exaggerated golden ball Carrick was banned?
我也觉得说成「人间地狱」是夸张了点。
Wǒ yě juéde shuō chéng 「 rénjiāndìyù 」 shì kuāzhāng le diǎn.
I also think 'living hell' is putting it too strongly.
我要一夸脫的牛奶。
Wǒ yào yī kuā tuō de niúnǎi.
I want a quart of milk.
在我看来，她有一种夸张的倾向。
Zàiwǒkànlái, tā yǒu yīzhǒng kuāzhāng de qīngxiàng.
It seems to me that she has a tendency to exaggerate.
我都不知道该怎么夸他们了。
Wǒ dōu bù zhīdào gāi zěnme kuā tāmen le.
I cannot praise them too highly.
Character Family
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