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  • 1

    v.button up; buckle

    • kòu hǎo ān quán dài

      安全带

      Fasten your safety belt.

    • bǎ dà yī kòu shang

      大衣

      Button up your coat.

    • dài zi de liǎng duān zài bèi hòu kòu shang

      带子背后

      The two ends buckle at the back.

  • 2

    n.button

    • zhè jiàn shàng yī yǒu hǎo duō kòu

      上衣好多

      This coat has many buttons.

    • wǒ bǎ jiā kè de lā liàn lā hǎo jì hǎo kòu

      夹克拉链

      I zipped and buttoned my jacket.

    • wǒ de dà yī diào le yī gè kòu

      大衣

      A button has come off my coat.

  • 3

    v.deduct; subtract; withhold

    • kòu mǒu rén jiǎng jīn

      某人奖金

      withhold somebody's bonus

    • kòu gōng zī

      工资

      deduct a part from somebody's pay

    • kòu shí kuài qián

      deduct 10 yuan

  • 4

    n.knot; buckle

    • yín zhì pí dài kòu shì wéi yī cún liú xià lai de zhàn zhēng yí wù

      银质皮带唯一存留下来战争遗物

      The silver belt buckle is the only relic of the battle that survives.

    • tā duì tā mào zi shang de kòu duān xiáng le yī huì r

      帽子端详一会儿

      He looked for a moment at the buckle in her hat.

    • zhè shì dài jīn shǔ kòu de pí dài

      金属

      This is a belt with a metal buckle.

  • 5

    v.place a cup, bowl, etc. upside down; cover with an inverted cup, bowl, etc.

    • ná wǎn bǎ cài kòu shang

      Cover the dish with a bowl.

    • liú làng hàn tóu shang xié kòu zhe yī dǐng pò mào zi

      流浪汉帽子

      An old hat sat askew on the vagrant's head.

    • bǎ zhè ge gāng kòu qǐ lai

      这个起来

      Turn the vat upside down.

  • 6

    v.detain; take into custody; arrest

    • tā chuǎng le hóng dēng zhè ge jǐng chá kòu le tā de chē

      红灯这个警察

      The police took away his car because he had run the red light.

    • tā bèi kòu zài jǐng chá jú lǐ miàn

      警察局里面

      He is detained at a police station.

    • jiāng zuì fàn kòu qi lai

      罪犯起来

      Take the offender into custody.

  • 7

    n.loop of thread (on a screw); turn

    • bǎ luó sī nǐng sān kòu

      螺丝

      Give the screw three turns.

    synonym
  • 8

    v.smash or spike (a ball)

    • měng kòu yī gè qiú

      smash a ball forcefully

    • yī qiú kòu sǐ

      score one point with one smash hit

  • 9

    v.metaput (a label on somebody); brand somebody with unwarranted or unfavourable labels

    • gěi mǒu rén kòu shang pàn guó de zuì míng

      某人叛国罪名

      frame somebody as a traitor

Words and phrases with 扣

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Chinese Characters with pinyin kòu

  • enemy; invade
  • kowtow; ask
  • used as a component of 豆蔻