欠
qiàn
Pinyin

Definition

欠
 - 
qiàn
  1. deficient
  2. to owe
  3. to lack
  4. yawn

Character Decomposition

Compounds (30)

次
cì
  1. 1 next in sequence
  2. 2 second
  3. 3 the second (day, time etc)
  4. 4 secondary
  5. 5 vice-
  6. 6 sub-
  7. 7 infra-
  8. 8 inferior quality
  9. 9 substandard
  10. 10 order
  11. 11 sequence
  12. 12 hypo- (chemistry)
  13. 13 classifier for enumerated events: time
资
zī
  1. 1 resources
  2. 2 capital
  3. 3 to provide
  4. 4 to supply
  5. 5 to support
  6. 6 money
  7. 7 expense
欢
huān
  1. 1 variant: 欢 huān
欢
huān
  1. 1 joyous
  2. 2 happy
  3. 3 pleased
欢
huān
  1. 1 hubbub
  2. 2 clamor
  3. 3 variant: 欢 huān

Related Words (19)

欠
qiàn
  1. 1 deficient
  2. 2 to owe
  3. 3 to lack
  4. 4 yawn
哈欠
hā qian
  1. 1 yawn
拖欠
tuō qiàn
  1. 1 in arrears
  2. 2 behind in payments
  3. 3 to default on one's debts
欠佳
qiàn jiā
  1. 1 suboptimal
  2. 2 subpar
  3. 3 not good enough
欠揍
qiàn zòu
  1. 1 to need a spanking

Idioms (3)

只欠东风
zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng
  1. 1 all we need is an east wind (idiom); lacking only one tiny crucial item
万事俱备，只欠东风
wàn shì jù bèi , zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng
  1. 1 lit. everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. lacking only one tiny crucial item
万事皆备，只欠东风
wàn shì jiē bèi , zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng
  1. 1 everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom)
  2. 2 lacking only one tiny crucial item
  3. 3 also written 萬事俱備，只欠東風|万事俱备，只欠东风

Sample Sentences

4.欠债还钱，天经地义，由不得你抵赖。
.qiànzhài huán qián ，tiānjīngdìyì ，yóubude nǐ dǐlài 。
Repaying your debt is only right and proper.
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9.看他东张西望、哈欠连天的样子，肯定是巴不得会议赶紧结束呢。
.kàn tā dōngzhāngxīwàng 、hāqian liántiān de yàngzi ，kěndìng shì bābude huìyì gǎnjǐn jiéshù ne 。
Seeing his restlessness and incessant yawning, he must be wishing eagerly for the meeting to end.
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怎么办？我欠我的客户好多钱！
zěnme bàn ？wǒ qiàn wǒ de kèhù hǎo duō qián ！
What can I do? I owe my clients a lot of money!
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那我还是欠你钱，你给我想想别的办法吧。
nà wǒ háishì qiàn nǐ qián ，nǐ gěi wǒ xiǎngxiang biéde bànfǎ ba 。
Then I'd still owe you money. Is there anything else you can think of?
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还是你欠他钱？
háishì nǐ qiàn tā qián ？
Or do you owe him money?
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冰岛是另外一回事，冰岛倒的是银行，希腊是国家欠了太多债。
Bīngdǎo shì lìngwài yī huí shì ，Bīngdǎo dào de shì yínháng ，xīlà shì guójiā qiàn le tài duō zhài 。
Iceland is a whole other kettle of fish. In Iceland it was the bank that failed, in Greece it was that the country was too deep in debt.
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说得这么好听，上个礼拜欠我的吃饭钱，快还我就好。
shuō de zhème hǎotīng ，shàng ge lǐbài qiàn wǒ de chīfàn qián ，kuài huán wǒ jiù hǎo 。
You say such nice things, but I'd prefer it if you just give me the money you owe me from that meal last week.
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我们去年积累下来的欠债到底有多少？
wǒmen qùnián jīlěi xiàlai de qiànzhài dàodǐ yǒu duōshao ？
How much debt did we accumulate last year?
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你看这样可以吗？先回你家，再回我家。一家三天。这样租金也省了，谁也不欠谁。
nǐ kàn zhèyāng kěyǐ ma ？xiān huí nǐ jiā ，zài huí wǒjiā 。yī jiā sān tiān 。zhèyàng zūjīn yě shěng le ，shéi yě bù qiàn shéi 。
Do you think we can do it this way? First we go to your home, and then we go to my home. Each home three days. This way we save the rental fee and nobody owes anybody anything.
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最好爱恨扯平两不相欠，
zuì hǎo ài hèn chěpíng liǎngbùxiāngqiàn ，
It would be best if love and hate worked together, so one isn't greater than the other
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