欠 – vocab dash

欠qiàn

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Meanings

1. to owe

2. to lack

3. (literary) to be deficient in

4. (bound form) yawn

5. to raise slightly (a part of one's body)

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Examples26

我wǒ欠qiàn他tā1000美元měiyuán。

I owe him 1,000 dollars.

我wǒ欠qiàn了le他tā1000美元měiyuán。

I owed him a thousand dollars.

我wǒ欠qiàn她tā10美元měiyuán。

I owe ten dollars to her.

我wǒ欠qiàn你nǐ10美元měiyuán。

I owe you ten dollars.

我wǒ欠qiàn了le很hěn多duō钱qián。

I owe a lot of money.

我wǒ欠qiàn你nǐ这么zhème多duō。

I owe you so much.