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誇

kuā

exaggerate; brag, boast; flaunt

Strokes
13
Radical
言
HSK
—
Tone
1

Simplified form: 夸

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 夸, the simplified form of 誇. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 我就当你夸我了。

    Wǒ jiù dāng nǐ kuā wǒ le

    I'll take that as a compliment.

  • 现在你别夸张了。

    Xiàn zài nǐ bié kuā zhāng le

    Don't exaggerate now.

  • 不要再夸张了。

    Bù yào zài kuā zhāng le

    Don't exaggerate.

  • 我都不知道该怎么夸他们了。

    Wǒ dōu bù zhī dào gāi zěn me kuā tā men le

    I cannot praise them too highly.

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

Words containing 夸

  • 夸kuā 1to boast; to exaggerate; to praise
  • 夸张kuā zhāng 1–1 to exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated; hyperbole; (coll.) excessive; ridiculous; outrageous
  • 夸奖kuā jiǎng 1–3 to praise; to applaud; to compliment
  • 夸大kuā dà 1–4 to exaggerate
  • 夸耀kuā yào 1–4 to brag about; to flaunt
  • 夸夸其谈kuā kuā qí tán 1–1–2–2to talk big; to sound off; bombastic; grandiloquent