恰 (qià): exactly, just
恰 (qià) is a Chinese character meaning “exactly.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 忄 (semantic) and 合 (phonetic). It ranks #1300 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 恰 heart. Its radical form 忄 (heart) appears in many related characters such as 忙 (máng, busy), 快 (kuài, fast, happy), 怎 (zěn, how).
Definitions
- exactly
- just
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 恰
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 恰好adverb | qià hǎo | as it turns out | 6 |
| 恰当adjective | qià dàng | appropriate | 6 |
| 恰恰adverb | qià qià | exactly | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 恰恰相反 | qià qià xiāng fǎn | just the opposite |
| 恰巧adverb | qià qiǎo | by chance |
| 恰到好处phrase | qià dào hǎo chù | it's just perfect |
| 恰如其分phrase | qià rú qí fèn | (idiom) appropriate |
| 恰如verb | qià rú | just as if |
| 恰似verb | qià sì | just like |
| 恰合 | qià hé | to be just right for |
| 恰亚诺夫 | qià yà nuò fū | Alexander Chayanov (1888-1937), Soviet agrarian economist |
| 阿鲁纳恰尔邦 | ā lǔ nà qià ěr bāng | Arunachal Pradesh, a state of India in the northeast of the country, occupying an area claimed by China in an ongoing... |
| 恰帕斯州 | qià pà sī zhōu | Chiapas, state in Mexico |
| 恰遇 | qià yù | to chance upon |
| 恰吉 | qià jí | Chucky, murderous villain of the 1988 US horror movie "Child's Play" |
| 恰恰舞 | qià qià wǔ | (loanword) cha-cha |
| 乌恰县 | wū qià xiàn | Ulugqat, a county in Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州|克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州[Ke4 zi1 le4 su1 Ke1 er3 ke4 zi1 Zi4... |
| 乌恰proper-noun | wū qià | see 烏恰縣|乌恰县 |
恰 appears in 18 compound words: 83 as the first character, 6 as the last, and 11 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 恰 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
恰当的处理方式可以避免很多不必要的麻烦。
Qiàdàng de chǔlǐ fāngshì kěyǐ bìmiǎn hěn duō bù bìyào de máfan.
Proper handling can avoid many unnecessary troubles.
他们乐观、顽强、善于在苦难中开出喜乐之花，恰是四川人精神的缩影。
tā men lè guàn , wán qiáng , shàn yú zài kǔ nán zhōng kāi chū xǐ lè zhī huā , qià shì sì chuān rén jīng shén de suō yǐng .
They are optimistic, resilient, and adept at finding joy even in the midst of hardship—a true embodiment of the Sichuan spirit.
日本JR东海公司司机恰眼瞓 超速20KM/H埋站险酿巨灾
rì běn J R dōng hǎi gōng sī sī jī qià yǎn 瞓 chāo sù 2 0 K M H mái zhàn xiǎn niàng jù zāi
A JR Central train driver in Japan dozed off, causing the train to exceed the speed limit by 20 km/h and nearly crash into a station, narrowly averting a major disaster
澎恰恰哭了!罕掏心掏肺松口“还清债务”最想做...
péng qià qià kū le ! hǎn tāo xīn tāo fèi sōng kǒu hái qīng zhài wù zuì xiǎng zuò . . .
Peng Chachia broke down in tears! In a rare display of vulnerability, he finally opened up about "paying off his debts" and revealed what he wants to do most...
澎恰恰昔日金主林秉文传“在柬埔寨遭枪杀” 曾...
péng qià qià xī rì jīn zhǔ lín bǐng wén chuán zài jiǎn 埔 zhài zāo qiāng shā céng . . .
Peng Chacha's former financier, Lin Bingwen, reportedly "shot dead in Cambodia"; he had previously...
政坛恰吉人设翻转 王世坚如何赢回中间选民的心?
zhèng tán qià jí rén shè fān zhuǎn wáng shì jiān rú hé yíng huí zhōng jiān xuǎn mín de xīn ?
How did Wang Shijian win back the hearts of middle voters?
她恰巧知道他的地址。
Tā qiàqiǎo zhīdào tā de dìzhǐ.
She happened to know his address.
我们恰巧上了同一辆公交车。
Wǒmen qiàqiǎo shàng le tóngyī liàng gōngjiāochē.
We happened to get on the same bus.
恰巧我们有同样的生日。
Qiàqiǎo wǒmen yǒu tóngyàng de shēngrì.
It happens that we have the same birthday.
着火的时候我妈妈恰好在那。
Zháohuǒ de shíhou wǒ māma qiàhǎo zài nà.
My mother happened to be there when the fire broke out.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 忄 (heart) component
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