HSK 6 · Verbs

跨 kuà “to step across” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 跨 means

  1. to step across
  2. to straddle
  3. to cross
  4. to stride over
  5. to span

How to say 跨

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

跨 in a sentence

  1. 为了握住他的手，她往前跨了一步。

    Wèile wòzhù tā de shǒu, tā wǎngqián kuà le yí bù.

    She stepped forward to shake his hand.

    Sentence #1205921 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 他们建了一座横跨河流的桥。

    Tāmen jiàn le yí zuò héngkuà héliú de qiáo.

    They built a bridge across the river.

    Sentence #903520 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 一条小路跨过桥梁，穿过田野，还爬上小丘。

    Yì tiáo xiǎolù kuàguò qiáoliáng, chuānguò tiányě, hái pá shàng xiǎoqiū.

    A small road ran across the bridge, through the fields, and over a hill.

    Sentence #5655280 from Tatoeba

How 跨 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 跨 (kuà) with each of its parts in a different colour
跨kuàto step across
  • 足foot · zúMeaning part
  • 夸extravagant · kuāSound part

足 hints at the meaning (foot); 夸 (kuā) hints at the sound. Compare it with kuà.

How to write 跨

跨 13 strokes

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

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

Words related to 跨

More words: Common Verbs

磕kē · to knock (against)啃kěn · to gnaw扣kòu · to button挎kuà · to carry on the arm or over the shoulder款待kuǎndài · to entertain (guests)亏待kuīdài · to treat unfairly捆绑kǔnbǎng · to tie up扩充kuòchōng · to expand

FAQs

跨 (kuà) means “to step across” or “to straddle”. 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. 跨 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 跨 from the suggestions. Typing kua into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
跨 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.