yawn; owe; be behind with (v.)
HSK 5
Traditional
欠 (unaltered)
Radicals
Stroke order
Phonetically similar words
钱 qián - money (n.) | HSK 1
千 qiān - thousand (num.) | HSK 2
签 qiān - to sign (v.) | HSK 5
浅 qiǎn - light [colour]; shallow (adj.) | HSK 5
牵 qiān - to lead along; to pull; implicate (v.) | HSK 6
Examples
他欠了我一百块钱，还没还。 tā qiànle wǒ yī bǎi kuài qián, hái méi huán. - He owes me one hundred yuan and hasn't paid it back yet.
他昨晚没睡好，今天早上一直在打哈欠。 tā zuówǎn méi shuì hǎo, jīntiān zǎoshang yīzhí zài dǎ hāqiàn. - He didn't sleep well last night and has been yawning all morning.
这个问题还有一个欠缺的解释。 zhège wèntí hái yǒu yīgè qiànquē de jiěshì. - There is still a lack of explanation for this issue.
他的作品欠缺深度和创新。 tā de zuòpǐn qiànquē shēndù hé chuàngxīn. - His works lack depth and innovation.
这篇文章的结尾显得有些欠缺。 zhè piān wénzhāng de jiéwěi xiǎnde yǒuxiē qiànquē. - The ending of this article seems a bit lacking.