欠 qiàn

1. qiàn verb to owe
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '欠'; Guoyu '欠' v 3; Kroll 2015 '欠' 2, p. 362; Mathews 1931 '欠', p. 124; Unihan '欠')
2. qiàn verb to yawn
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 呵欠 (CC-CEDICT '欠'; Guoyu '欠' v 1; Kroll 2015 '欠' 1, p. 362)
3. qiàn noun Kangxi radical 76
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: To yawn (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '欠' n 2; Mathews 1931 '欠', p. 124; Unihan '欠')
4. qiàn verb to lift [one's body]
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 欠身 to half rise out of one's chair (Guoyu '欠' v 2)
5. qiàn verb to lack; to be deficient
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 缺少 (CC-CEDICT '欠'; Guoyu '欠' v 4; Kroll 2015 '欠' 2a, p. 362; Mathews 1931 '欠', p. 124)
6. qiàn noun debt
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 债务 (Guoyu '欠' n 1)

Contained in

• 呵欠 a yawn
• 尾欠 balance due; small balance still to pay; final remaining debt
• 欠身 to bow; to half rise out of one's chair
• 欠单(欠單) IOU; receipt for a loan
• 只欠东风(只欠東風) all we need is an east wind; lacking only one tiny crucial item
• 欠条(欠條) IOU; certificate of indebtedness
• 欠帖 IOU; receipt for a loan
• 欠佳 suboptimal; subpar; not good enough
• 欠检点(欠檢點) careless
• 欠揍 to need a spanking
• 欠妥 improper
• 欠命 to owe a life
• 欠至诚(欠至誠) lacking sincerity
• 赊欠(賒欠) to offer credit; credit transaction; to buy or sell on account
• 欠安 ill; not satisfactory
• 欠薪 to owe wages; back pay; wages arrears
• 两不相欠(兩不相欠) to be even; to be quits; to be even-steven
• 欠项(欠項) liabilities; debt
• 欠缴(欠繳) not yet paid; not yet submitted
• 欠落 to owe
• 欠费(欠費) to be in arrears; to be out of credit; amount owing
• 欠主 debtor
• 万事皆备，只欠东风(萬事皆備，只欠東風) everything is ready, all we need is an east wind; lacking only one tiny crucial item
• 积欠(積欠) to accumulate debt
• 短欠 to fall short in one's payments; to lack; to be short of
• 欠契 a receipt for a loan; IOU
• 欠功 to be deficient in merit
• 欠莊整 untidily dressed
• 欠账(欠賬) to owe a debt; debt; obligation
• 欠雨 lacking rain
• 欠债(欠債) to owe a debt; the sum owed
• 欠款 balance due; debts
• 万事俱备，只欠东风(萬事俱備，只欠東風) everything is ready, all we need is an east wind; lacking only one tiny crucial item
• 亏欠(虧欠) to fall short of; to have a deficit; deficit; deficiency
• 欠户(欠戶) debtor
• 打呵欠 to yawn
• 欠扁 annoying; infuriating; deserving of a good spanking
• 拖欠 to not repay a debt
• 欠钱(欠錢) to owe money
• 抵欠 to provide a security deposit
• 欠数(欠數) liability
• 欠伸 to bow ; to yawn ; to pant
• 欠据(欠據) a receipt for a loan
• 欠爽 indisposed
• 欠解 lacking an explanation
• 打欠 to yawn
• 哈欠 yawn

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Truncated for common words

• 《欠部》 Qiàn Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 71
• 卷一百七十五 志第一百二十八 食貨上三 Volume 175 Treatises 128: Finance and Economics 1c History of Song 宋史 — count: 15
• 卷一百七十四 志第一百二十七 食貨上二 Volume 174 Treatises 127: Finance and Economics 1b History of Song 宋史 — count: 11
• 卷二百六十七 列傳第二十六 張宏 趙昌言 陳恕 魏羽 劉式 劉昌言 張洎 李惟清 Volume 267 Biographies 26: Zhang Hong, Zhao Changyan, Chen Shu, Wei Yu, Liu Shi, Liu Changyan, Zhang Ji, Li Weiqing History of Song 宋史 — count: 6
• 卷一百七十六 志第一百二十九 食貨上四 Volume 176 Treatises 129: Finance and Economics 1d History of Song 宋史 — count: 6
• 卷二百七十七 列傳第三十六 張鑑 姚坦 索湘 宋太初 盧之翰 鄭文寶 王子輿 劉綜 卞袞 許驤 裴莊 牛冕 張適 欒崇吉 袁逢吉 韓國華 何蒙 慎知禮 Volume 277 Biographies 36: Zhang Jian, Yao Tan, Suo Xiang, Song Taichu, Lu Zhihan, Zheng Wenbao, Wang Ziyu, Liu Zong, Bian Gun, Xu Xiang, Pei Zhuang, Niu Mian, Zhang Shi, Luan Chongji, Yuan Fengji, Han Guohua, He Meng, Shen Zhili History of Song 宋史 — count: 5
• 卷四十九 志第二十九: 食貨下 Volume 49 Treatises 29: Finance and Economics 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 5
• 卷一百一十 周書1: 太祖本紀一 Volume 110 Book of Later Zhou 12: Taizu Annals 1 Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 5
• 卷七十六 晉書2: 高祖本紀二 Volume 76 Book of Later Jin 2: Gaozu Annals 2 Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 5
• 卷一百六十七 志第一百二十 職官七 Volume 167 Treatises 120: Offical Posts 7 History of Song 宋史 — count: 4

Collocations

• 欠负 (欠負) 百姓所欠負租稅及諸色並免之 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷九 本紀第九: 玄宗下 Volume 9 Annals 9: Xuanzong 2 — count: 10
• 逋欠 (逋欠) 所訴逋欠並放 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷一百七十一 列傳第一百二十一: 李渤 張仲方 裴潾 李中敏 李甘 高元裕 李漢 李景儉 Volume 171 Biographies 121: Li Bo, Zhang Zhongfang, Pei Lin, Li Zhongmin, Li Gan, Gao Yuanyu, Li Han, Li Jingjian — count: 9
• 残欠 (殘欠) 凡逋賦殘欠 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷一百四十 列傳第九十: 韋皋 張建封 盧群 Volume 140 Biographies 90: Wei Gao, Zhang Jianfeng, Lu Qun — count: 8
• 欠一 (欠一) 即欠一分 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷二十一 志第一: 禮儀一 Volume 21 Treatises 1: Rites 1 — count: 7
• 欠折 (欠折) 欠折因此而生 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷四十九 志第二十九: 食貨下 Volume 49 Treatises 29: Finance and Economics 2 — count: 6
• 理欠 (理欠) 都理欠司 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百六十二 志第一百十五 職官二 Volume 162 Treatises 115: Offical Posts 2 — count: 6
• 欠税 (欠稅) 並乾祐三年殘稅欠稅 — Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史, 卷一百一十 周書1: 太祖本紀一 Volume 110 Book of Later Zhou 12: Taizu Annals 1 — count: 5
• 悬欠 (懸欠) 如無懸欠 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷十八下 本紀第十八下: 宣宗 Volume 18 Annals 18: Xuanzong — count: 5
• 欠少 (欠少) 不得更有加除及陌內欠少 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷四十八 志第二十八: 食貨上 Volume 48 Treatises 28: Finance and Economics 1 — count: 3
• 欠夏 (欠夏) 天成元年殘欠夏稅 — Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史, 卷三十八 唐書14: 明宗本紀四 Volume 38 Book of Later Tang 14: Mingzong Annals 4 — count: 3