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欠

qiàn

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word
Verb

欠 (qiàn) is a Chinese word meaning “to owe”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. to owe
  2. to lack
  3. (literary) to be deficient in
  4. (bound form) yawn
  5. to raise slightly (a part of one's body)

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Example

他還欠我一筆錢。

He still owes me some money.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).