HSK 5 · Adjectives

夸张 kuāzhāng “to exaggerate” in Chinese

Traditional 誇張

What 夸张 means

  1. to exaggerate
  2. exaggerated
  3. overstated
  4. hyperbole
  5. (coll.) excessive
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • ridiculous
  • outrageous

How to say 夸张

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale夸kuā1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale张zhāng1st tone, high and level

夸张 in a sentence

  1. 不要再夸张了。

    Búyào zài kuāzhāng le.

    Stop exaggerating.

    Sentence #9965302 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 避免太夸张。

    Bìmiǎn tài kuāzhāng.

    Try not to overdo it.

    Sentence #9970721 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 在我看来，她有一种夸张的倾向。

    Zài wǒ kànlái, tā yǒu yìzhǒng kuāzhāng de qīngxiàng.

    It seems to me that she has a tendency to exaggerate.

    Sentence #919618 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 夸张 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 夸 (kuā) with each of its parts in a different colour
夸kuāto boast; to exaggerate
  • 大big · dàMeaning part
  • 亏to lose · kuīSound part

大 hints at the meaning (big); 亏 (kuī) hints at the sound. Compare it with kuā.

The character 张 (zhāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
张zhāngto open up
  • 弓bow · gōngMeaning part
  • 长long · chángSound part

弓 hints at the meaning (bow); 长 (cháng) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhāng.

How to write 夸张

夸 6 strokes · 张 7 strokes

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

Words related to 夸张

Words with 夸

夸kuā · to praise

Words with 张

张zhāng · mw for flat objects紧张jǐnzhāng · nervous主张zhǔzhāng · to advocate慌张huāngzhāng · flustered扩张kuòzhāng · to expand东张西望dōngzhāngxīwàng · to look around in all directions

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FAQs

夸张 (kuāzhāng) means “to exaggerate” or “exaggerated”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it kuāzhāng: kuā with a 1st tone, then zhāng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 夸张 is written 誇張. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kuazhang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 夸张 from the suggestions. Typing kuazhang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
夸张 is an HSK 5 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.