垮 meaning in English

kuǎ

to collapse (lit. or fig.)

HSK 7-9verb9 strokes

Meaning of 垮

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

kuǎ
  1. to collapse (lit. or fig.)

垮 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

水shuǐ流liú的de强qiáng力lì把bǎ桥qiáo给gěi冲chōng垮kuǎ了le。
The flow of the water was strong enough to wash away the bridge.
他tā干gàn活huó太tài用yòng功gōng,把bǎ身shēn体tǐ弄nòng垮kuǎ了le。
He worked too hard and destroyed his health.
Igor 彻chè底dǐ垮kuǎ了le。
Igor was completely broken down.

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垮 kuǎ · to collapse · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 垮.

打垮dǎkuǎto defeat; to strike down
垮台kuǎtái(of a dynasty, regime etc) to collapse; to fall from power
拖垮tuōkuǎto drag down; to bring down

Questions about 垮

What does 垮 mean?

垮 (kuǎ) means "to collapse (lit. or fig.)" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 垮?

垮 is made of 1 character: 垮 (9 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.

Is 垮 an HSK word?

Yes. 垮 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.