qiàn HSK5

yawn, deficient

Senses

qiàn to owe

To owe money, a debt, or a favor; to have not yet returned what is due to another

qiàn to lack

To be short of; to be deficient in. This is often used as a polite or mild way to say something is not quite right, such as being not quite appropriate or not quite well-considered.

qiàn debt

Money or something else that is owed; a liability or obligation

qiàn [yawn]

(bound form) To yawn when tired, as in the word 哈欠 hā​qian.

qiàn to raise slightly

To raise the upper part of one's body slightly or to tip one's heels up to reach something.

qiàn radical

The 76th radical of the 214 Kangxi radicals

References

see 欠/欠 哈欠/哈欠