欠 (him3 | qian4) : lack; want; owe; be behind with

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欠

him3

qian4

[1] lack; want; fall short of
[2] owe; be behind with
[3] raise slightly (a part of the body)
[4] yawn

Stroke count: 4

Level: 1

Radical: 欠 (#76)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

欠

Don't confuse with:
久

This word has been viewed 11962 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 29th Dec 2014 04:05

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打呵欠 daa2 ho1 him3 da3 he2 qian4 = to yawn, yawning

欠佳 him3 gaai1 qian4 jia1 = suboptimal, subpar, not good enough

欠咭數 him3 kaat1 sou3 = have a credit card debt 粵

拖欠 to1 him3 tuo1 qian4 = be in arrears; be behind in payments

打哈欠 daa2 haa1 him3 da3 ha1 qian4 = to yawn, yawning

欠錢 him3 cin4*2 qian4 qian2 = to owe

欠缺 him3 kyut3 qian4 que1 = be deficient in, be short of; shortcoming, deficiency

五行欠水 ng5 hang4 him3 seoi2 = no money 粵

五行欠抦 ng5 hang4 him3 bing2 = naughty, in need of a beating 粵

五行欠打 ng5 hang4 him3 daa2 = naughty, in need of a beating 粵
See all 13 compounds (CantoDict reports 14 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 欠

筆錢拖欠咗六個月。粵
The payment has been six months in arrears.
[Where Cantonese language uses a concrete word (拖欠) with substantial meaning as the verb, English language uses two function words (has been) as the verb. ]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 欠
Unicode code for this character: U+6b20 (off-site link)

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