kuā = ku + a1
to boast / to exaggerate / to praise
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How to pronounce 誇

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= ku initial

K is for Karl Koala.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ a1 final

In front of the ashram.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

誇 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
yán = y + an2
words / speech / to say / to talk
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kuā = ku + a1
see 夸克[kua1 ke4]
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kuā = ku + a1
to boast / to exaggerate / to praise
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Characters with 誇 as component

誇 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 誇

to exaggerate / to be boastful / pompous / grandiose
There is no need to boast about one's treasures. (idiom)
every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans

Sentences with 誇

誇 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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kuā

to boast / to exaggerate / to praise

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