HSK 6 · Verbs

挎 kuà “to carry on the arm or over the shoulder” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 挎 means

  1. to carry on the arm or over the shoulder
  2. to carry (esp. slung over the arm, shoulder or side)

How to say 挎

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale挎kuà4th tone, falling

挎 in a sentence

  1. 她挎着一个篮子去买菜。

    Tā kuà zhe yí ge lánzi qù mǎicài.

    She went to buy groceries with a basket over her arm.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他肩上挎着一个书包。

    Tā jiān shàng kuà zhe yí ge shūbāo.

    He had a school bag slung over his shoulder.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 挎 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 挎 (kuà) with each of its parts in a different colour
挎kuàto carry
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 夸extravagant · kuāSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 夸 (kuā) hints at the sound. Compare it with kuà.

How to write 挎

挎 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

挎 (kuà) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 挎 (kuà). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 挎

More words: Common Verbs

靠拢kàolǒng · to draw close磕kē · to knock (against)啃kěn · to gnaw扣kòu · to button跨kuà · to step across款待kuǎndài · to entertain (guests)亏待kuīdài · to treat unfairly捆绑kǔnbǎng · to tie up

FAQs

挎 (kuà) means “to carry on the arm or over the shoulder” or “to carry (esp. slung over the arm, shoulder or side)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it kuà: kuà with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 挎 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kua with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 挎 from the suggestions. Typing kua into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
挎 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.