扣

The character "扣" has 6 strokes. "扣" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "扣" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "扣" are "kòu" . View the stroke order of "扣">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "扣"

v.: button up; buckle; place a cup, bowl, etc upside down; cover with an inverted cup, bowl, etc; put (a label on sb); detain; take into custody; arrest; deduct; subtract; withhold; take off; give a discount; smash or spike (a ball); press; pull

n.: knot; button; buckle; circle of thread (on a screw); turn

• button up : 扣住；按上；系结
• buckle : n.带扣；皮带等的搭扣；搭钩；扣形饰物
• detain : v.拘留；扣押；吸引…注意力以羁绊；使（病人；伤员）留院治疗
• arrest : v.逮捕；阻挡；抑制；吸引…注意；心脏病发作；扣留
• deduct : v.扣除；减去
• subtract : v.减；减去；减少；删减
• withhold : v.拒给；不给；克制；抑制
• take off : 请假；起飞；急速离开；成功
• give a discount : 打折
• press : v.压；榨；挤；压平；熨平；竭力要求；坚持；强调；征用；临时使用
• pull : v.把…拉；把…扯；稳步移动；促使…资助；吸引；取消；撤销；击；侧翼迂回阻挡
• knot : n.结；结瘤；节；滨鹬；结绳的方法；缠结；饰带；节疤；硬结；硬块
• button : n.纽扣；扣子；按钮；不值钱的东西；（Button）人名：巴顿
• turn : v.转动；旋转；转变；变成；开始做；卷入；涉及；车削；求助于；翻转

Form words with "扣"

扣奖金 withhold sb's bonus

电缆扣 cable grip

扣纽扣 do up the buttons

珍珠扣 pearl button

单排扣上衣 single-breasted coat

Example phrases using "扣"

• 因字迹不工整，老师扣了五分。

  The teacher deducted five points for bad handwriting.

• 他闯了红灯，警察扣了他的车。

  The police took away his car because he had run the red light.

• 持枪者把三位游客扣为人质。

  The gunman is holding three tourists hostage.

• 别把屎盆子往我身上扣。

  Don’t try to shift the blame onto me.

• 他一不留神盆子从手上滑落，扣在了地上。

  Before he knew it, the basin slipped out of his hands and dropped to the ground upside down.

• 请帮我扣一下裙子后头的搭扣，我手够不着。

  Please do up the hook and eye on my dress—I cannot reach them.

• 他累死累活地干，结果还给扣了个黑锅，简直太不公平了。

  It was really unfair that he should have been working himself to the bone only to be blamed for somebody else’s mistakes.

• 批评家们给他扣上了失败者的帽子。

  [with obj. and complement]the critics labelled him a loser.

• 他扣上了他的皮带。

  He buckled his belt.

• 他扣上了夹克衫。

  He buttoned up his jacket.