款 kuǎn
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 欠 — to lack, to owe
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
款待
kuǎndài
to entertain; to receive hospitably
Characters in this word
待 dāi
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 彳 — to step with the left foot
- Made of
- 彳 to step with the left foot 寺 court, office
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 村民用刚采下的野菜和热茶款待远道而来的考察队。 Cūnmín yòng gāng cǎi xià de yěcài hé rè chá kuǎndài yuǎndào ér lái de kǎocháduì. The villagers entertained the research team from afar with freshly picked wild vegetables and hot tea.
- 主人热情地款待了我们，桌上摆满了好吃的。 Zhǔrén rèqíng de kuǎndài le wǒmen, zhuōshang bǎi mǎn le hǎochī de. Our host received us warmly, and the table was full of good food.
- 谢谢你们的盛情款待，我们永远不会忘记。 Xièxie nǐmen de shèngqíng kuǎndài, wǒmen yǒngyuǎn bú huì wàngjì. Thank you for your generous hospitality; we will never forget it.
Related words
- 存款 cúnkuǎn savings; to deposit money
- 贷款 dàikuǎn loan
- 罚款 fákuǎn fine
- 汇款 huìkuǎn to send money
- 捐款 juānkuǎn to donate money; donation
- 款 kuǎn sum of money; measure word for items
- 款式 kuǎnshì style, design
- 新款 xīnkuǎn new style
- 拨款 bōkuǎn to allocate funds; allocated funds
- 公款 gōngkuǎn public funds
- 款项 kuǎnxiàng sum of money; funds; payment item
- 条款 tiáokuǎn clause; provision; term