欠

The character "欠" has 4 strokes. "欠" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "欠" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "欠" are "qiàn" . View the stroke order of "欠">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "欠"

v.: yawn; lack; want; be short of; owe; be behind with; raise slightly (a part of the body)

• yawn : v.打呵欠；欠伸；豁开；裂开
• lack : n.没有；缺乏
• want : v.想要；想做；渴望；缺乏；缺少；需要；想请教；想跟…讲话；缉拿；追捕
• be short of : 短缺；缺乏；缺少
• owe : v.欠；欠… 东西；应该给予；应把…归功于；因…而感激

Form words with "欠"

欠邮资 postage due

逋欠贷款 default on a loan

欠两个月的房租 owe sb two months'rent

Example phrases using "欠"

• 他的评论是善意的，只是稍欠技巧。

  His comments were well-meant but a little tactless. / He meant well, but his comments are a little tactless.

• 你们全部还清了，并无下欠。

  The debt has been fully paid up. You don’t owe anything.

• 他欠了欠身，和客人打招呼。

  He rose slightly to greet the visitors.

• 我一定是前生欠了你的。

  I must have been indebted to you in the previous life.

• 老账未还，又欠新债。

  While he still has a lot of old debts to meet, he falls into new debts.

• 咱俩谁也不欠谁的情。

  Neither of us is indebted to the other.

• 我欠他的100元和他欠我的100元相抵了。

  The 100 yuan I owed him and the 100 yuan he owes me cancelled out.

• 这馒头还欠点儿火。

  The buns haven’t been steamed long enough.

• 我们欠老师的情。

  We owe a debt (of gratitude) to our teacher.

• 这辆车15万元，我们首付了5万，下欠10万。

  The price of the car is 150,000 yuan . We paid 50,000 yuan down and still have 100,000 yuan owing.