HSK 6 HSK C6/V6
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/ 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
fu
衣服
niǔkòu
纽扣
kòu
cuò
le
  

You've buttoned up your coat the wrong way.

2
ménchuāng
门窗
kòu
shàng

bolt up the doors and windows

3
大衣
kòu
hǎo

button up one's coat

4
Kòu
shàng
ānquándài
安全带

buckle up/fasten the safety belt

5
Kòu
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
ge
那个
liúlànghàn
流浪汉
tóu
shàng
xié
kòu
zhāo
dǐng
màozi
帽子
  

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

7
liúshén
留神
pénzi
盆子
cóng
shǒushàng
手上
huáluò
滑落
  
,
kòu
zài
le
shang
地上
  

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

8
Yòng
wǎn
cài
kòu
shàng

cover the dish with a bowl

As a Verb

put (a label on sb)

9
Kòu
shàng
pànguó
叛国
de
zuìmíng
罪名

brand/frame sb as a traitor

As a Verb

detain; take into custody; arrest

10
chuǎng
le
hóngdēng
红灯
  
,
jǐngchá
警察
kòu
le
de
chē
  

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
le
liǎng
míng
rénzhì
人质

take two hostages; hold two men as hostages

As a Verb

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

13
zhǔ
雇主
cóng
men
我们
de
xīnjīn
薪金
zhōng
kòu
qián
jiāo
suǒshuì
所得税
  

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

14
Yīn
字迹
gōngzhěng
工整
  
,
lǎoshī
老师
kòu
le
fēn
  

The teacher deducted five points for bad handwriting.

15
zhè
这笔
qián
kòu
xià
fēnzhī
分之
liú
zuō
yòng

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

16
Kòu
jiǎngjīn
奖金

withhold sb's bonus

17
Kòu
gōng
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