夸

The character "夸" has 6 strokes. "夸" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "夸" has 2 pronunciations, it is a polyphonic character. The pronunciations of "夸" are "kuā" "kuà" . View the stroke order of "夸">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "夸"

v.: exaggerate; overstate; boast; praise; commend; recommend

• exaggerate : v.夸大；夸张；扩大（或放大、改动）得不成比例的；过大的
• overstate : v.把…讲得过分；夸大
• boast : v.自夸；自吹自擂；夸耀；拥有
• praise : v.称赞；表扬；颂扬；赞颂
• commend : v.表扬；称赞；把（某人；某事）托付给；委托；信托；推荐；使被接受；使合意；使受喜爱
• recommend : v.推荐；举荐；把…交托给；把… 托付给；劝告做；建议；劝告；建议…做某事；使诱人；使受欢迎

Form words with "夸"

Example phrases using "夸"

• 要经得起夸，不能一夸就骄傲。

  One must be able to keep his head and not become conceited when being praised.

• 厨子总是夸自己的汤好。

  Every cook praises his own broth.

• 老师昨天还夸你来着。

  The teacher praised you yesterday.

• 那没有什么好夸的。

  That’s nothing to boast of.

• 大家都夸他老实。

  He is praised for his honesty.

• 我刚才在夸罗伯特做的饭菜特棒。

  I was just complimenting Robert on his wonderful food.

• 提起这个爱乐乐团没有一个不夸的.

  No one ever mentions the Philharmonic Orchestra without praising it.

• 他不能这么夸他，他不过才到这儿！

  He can't start the guy. He just got here.

• 这是一个很好的夸别人的方式。

  This is a nice way to praise someone.

• 好人越夸越好，坏人越夸越糟。

  Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse.