Chinese–EnglishWith examples

扣

kòu · kou

Traditional 釦

Meaning

CC-CEDICT

kòu 扣

  1. to fasten
  2. to button
  3. button
  4. buckle
  5. knot
  6. to arrest
  7. to confiscate
  8. to deduct (money)
  9. discount
  10. to knock
  11. to smash, spike or dunk (a ball)
  12. to cover (with a bowl etc)
  13. (fig.) to tag a label on sb
  14. (Tw) (loanword) code

kòu 釦

  1. button

In a sentence

2 examples
01

法(fǎ)律(lǜ)规(guī)定(dìng)，在(zài)车(chē)辆(liàng)和(hé)飞(fēi)机(jī)上(shàng)，一(yí)定(dìng)要(yào)扣(kòu)上(shàng)安(ān)全(quán)带(dài)。

It's the law: always buckle your safety belt in cars and airplanes.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by AlanF_US · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)扣(kòu)好(hǎo)衬(chèn)衫(shān)的(de)扣(kòu)子(zi)才(cái)出(chū)门(mén)。

He buttoned up his shirt before going out.

Sources & licenses

How to write

Choose a character to watch its strokes or trace it yourself.

Mainland China stroke order, including traditional characters. Drawing sources & licenses.

Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

Browse all wordsExplore words in context