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扣

kòu · kou

Traditional 釦

HSK 6

Meaning

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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
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Buttoned wrong

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)的(de)扣子(kòuzi)好像(hǎoxiàng)扣错(kòucuò)了(le)。

    Your buttons seem to be done up wrong.

  2. Dengdeng

    哪个(nǎge)扣子(kòuzi)扣错(kòucuò)了(le)？

    Which button is wrong?

  3. Liangliang

    最上面(zuìshàngmiàn)的(de)，扣(kòu)在(zài)了(le)第二个(dìèrgè)扣眼(kòuyǎn)里(lǐ)。

    The top one. It went into the second buttonhole.

  4. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)重新(chóngxīn)扣(kòu)一下(yīxià)。好(hǎo)了(le)。你(nǐ)的(de)呢(ne)？

    I'll button again. Done. What about yours?

  5. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)的(de)没有(méiyǒu)扣子(kòuzi)，是(shì)拉链(lāliàn)。

    Mine has no buttons. It's a zip.

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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.

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