Meaning
10 percent; button; detain; button
Chinese: 扣住、扣除，也指纽扣。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “kou” becomes a different word in each tone. 扣 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 折扣zhé kòudiscount
- 扣除kòu chúto deduct
- 扣押kòu yāto detain; to hold in custody; to distrain; to seize property
- 扣留kòu liúto detain sb; to hold sb against their will; to withhold (property, documents, funds etc)
- 回扣huí kòubrokerage; a commission paid to a middleman; euphemism for a bribe; a kickback
Example Sentence
他认真地扣好了衣服的扣子。Tā rèn zhēn de kòu hǎo le yī fu de kòu zi.He carefully buttoned up his clothes.
他Tāhe认真rèn zhēnconscientious地de(adverb marker)扣kòuto fasten好hǎogood了le(completed action)衣服yī fuclothes的deof扣子kòu zibutton。