HSK 6 HSK C6/V6
Correct

扣

/ kòu / 
Strokes

Definition

to 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

Example

As a Verb

button up; buckle

1
Nǐ
你
bǎ
把
yīfu
衣服
niǔkòu
纽扣
kòu
扣
cuò
错
le
了
  
。

You've buttoned up your coat the wrong way.

2
Bǎ
把
ménchuāng
门窗
kòu
扣
shàng
上

bolt up the doors and windows

3
Bǎ
把
dàyī
大衣
kòu
扣
hǎo
好

button up one's coat

4
Kòu
扣
shàng
上
ānquándài
安全带

buckle up/fasten the safety belt

5
Kòu
扣
niǔkòu
纽扣

do up the buttons

As a Verb

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

6
Nàge
那个
liúlànghàn
流浪汉
tóu
头
shàng
上
xié
斜
kòu
扣
zhāo
着
yī
一
dǐng
顶
pò
破
màozi
帽子
  
。

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

7
Tā
他
yī
一
bù
不
liúshén
留神
pénzi
盆子
cóng
从
shǒushàng
手上
huáluò
滑落
  
,
kòu
扣
zài
在
le
了
dìshang
地上
  
。

Before he knew it, the basin slipped out of his hands and dropped to the ground upside down.

8
Yòng
用
wǎn
碗
bǎ
把
cài
菜
kòu
扣
shàng
上

cover the dish with a bowl

As a Verb

put (a label on sb)

9
Kòu
扣
shàng
上
pànguó
叛国
de
的
zuìmíng
罪名

brand/frame sb as a traitor

As a Verb

detain; take into custody; arrest

10
Tā
他
chuǎng
闯
le
了
hóngdēng
红灯
  
,
jǐngchá
警察
kòu
扣
le
了
tā
他
de
的
chē
车
  
。

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

11
Kòuzhù
扣住
zuìfàn
罪犯

take the offender into custody

12
Kòu
扣
le
了
liǎng
两
míng
名
rénzhì
人质

take two hostages; hold two men as hostages

As a Verb

deduct; subtract; withhold; take off; give a discount

13
Gùzhǔ
雇主
cóng
从
wǒmen
我们
de
的
xīnjīn
薪金
zhōng
中
kòu
扣
yī
一
bǐ
笔
qián
钱
jiāo
交
suǒdéshuì
所得税
  
。

Our employer makes a deduction from our salary for the income tax.

14
Yīn
因
zìjì
字迹
bù
不
gōngzhěng
工整
  
,
lǎoshī
老师
kòu
扣
le
了
wǔ
五
fēn
分
  
。

The teacher deducted five points for bad handwriting.

15
Bǎ
把
zhèbǐ
这笔
qián
钱
kòu
扣
xià
下
sì
四
fēnzhī
分之
yī
一
liú
留
zuō
作
jǐ
己
yòng
用

subtract a quarter of the money for one's own use

16
Kòu
扣
jiǎngjīn
奖金

withhold sb's bonus

17
Kòu
扣
gōngzī
工资

deduct a part from/of sb's pay; dock sb's pay/salary/wage

As a Verb

smash or spike (a ball)

As a Verb

press; pull

As a Noun

knot

As a Noun

button; buckle

As a Noun

circle of thread (on a screw); turn