夸 meaning in English

kuā

to boast; to exaggerate; to praise

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 誇6 strokes

Meaning of 夸

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kuā

kuā

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

我wǒ就jiù当dāng你nǐ夸kuā我wǒ了le。

I'll take that as a compliment.

不bú要yào再zài夸kuā张zhāng了le。

Don't exaggerate.

避bì免miǎn太tài夸kuā张zhāng。

Try to avoid overdoing it.

我wǒ都dōu不bù知zhī道dào该gāi怎zěn么me夸kuā他tā们men了le。

I cannot praise them too highly.

我wǒ要yào一yī夸kuā脱tuō的de牛niú奶nǎi。

I want a quart of milk.

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Words that share a character with 夸.

夸张	kuāzhāng	to exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated
夸奖	kuājiǎng	to praise; to applaud
夸大	kuādà	to exaggerate
夸夸其谈	kuākuā-qítán	(idiom) to talk big; to sound off; to be full of hot air
夸耀	kuāyào	to brag about; to flaunt
自夸	zìkuā	to boast
夸大其词	kuādàqící	to exaggerate

What does 夸 mean?

夸 (kuā) means "to boast; to exaggerate; to praise" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 夸?

夸 is made of 1 character: 夸 (6 strokes). That is 6 strokes in total.

Is 夸 an HSK word?

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

How is 夸 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 夸 is written 誇.