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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How to pronounce 夸

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

夸 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
kuī = ku + ei1
deficiency / deficit / luckily / it's lucky that... / (often ironically) fancy that...
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dài = d + ai4
see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
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= d + a4
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
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Characters with 夸 as component

kuà = ku + a4
to step across / to stride over / to straddle / to span
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kuǎ = ku + a3
to collapse (lit. or fig.)
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kuà = ku + a4
to carry (esp. slung over the arm, shoulder or side)
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Words with 夸

to boast / to brag / boastful / exaggerative / pompous / bombastic
up quark (particle physics)

Sentences with 夸

夸 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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kuā

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