扣

Stroke order

Example sentences

• 他老是给别人扣帽子。

  Tā lǎo shi gěi bié ren kòu mào zi

  He's always putting labels on people.

• 你衬衣的纽扣快掉了。

  Nǐ chèn yī de niǔ kòu kuài diào le

  Your shirt button is coming off.

• 萨米的包被警察扣押了。

  Sà mǐ de bāo bèi jǐng chá kòu yā le

  Sami's bag was seized by police.

• 汤姆把枪顶到了自己头上，扣动了扳机。

  Tāng mǔ bǎ qiāng dǐng dào le zì jǐ tóu shàng kòu dòng le bān jī

  Tom put the gun to his own head and pulled the trigger.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 扣

• 扣kòu 4to fasten; to button; button; buckle; knot; to arrest; to confiscate; to deduct (money); discount; to knock; to smash, spike or dunk (a ball); to cover (with a bowl etc); (fig.) to tag a label on sb; (Tw) (loanword) code
• 纽扣儿niǔ kòu er 3–4–5button; erhua variant of 纽扣
• 折扣zhé kòu 2–4 discount
• 扣除kòu chú 4–2 to deduct
• 扣押kòu yā 4–1 to detain; to hold in custody; to distrain; to seize property
• 扣留kòu liú 4–2 to detain; to arrest; to hold; to confiscate
• 回扣huí kòu 2–4 brokerage; a commission paid to a middleman; euphemism for a bribe; a kickback
• 纽扣niǔ kòu 3–4 button
• 扣人心弦kòu rén xīn xián 4–2–1–2to excite; to thrill; exciting; thrilling; cliff-hanging