kòu

扣 (kòu) is a Chinese word meaning “to fasten; to button; button”.

Meanings

  1. 1to fasten
  2. 2to button
  3. 3button
  4. 4buckle
  5. 5knot
  6. 6to arrest
  7. 7to confiscate
  8. 8to deduct (money)
  9. 9discount
  10. 10to knock
  11. 11to smash, spike or dunk (a ball)
  12. 12to cover (with a bowl etc)
  13. 13(fig.) to tag a label on sb
  14. 14(Tw) (loanword) code
Part of speech
verb

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