侩 (kuài) — (bound morpheme) vulgar, philistine; profit-minded (only in 市侩)
Definition
侩 (kuài) is a bound morpheme, never used alone: it only appears in 市侩 ('philistine, mercenary person'). It is not a common everyday word — you will mainly see it inside that one compound.
bound form
(bound morpheme) vulgarphilistineprofit-minded (only in 市侩)
Easily confused
- 绘huìlook-aliketo draw, to paint, to depict (often in a formal or technical context)
- 快kuàisound-alike(adjective) fast, quick
- 烩huìlook-aliketo braise
- 块kuàisound-alike(classifier) for pieces or chunks of something (e.g., bread, meat, watermelon)
- 伦lúnlook-alike(bound form) ethics, moral principles
- 会huìlook-alikecan, be able to (know how to); be likely to, will
Examples
- ，。Tā shì yí gè diǎn xíng de shì kuài, zhī guān xīn qián.He is a typical philistine who only cares about money.
- 。Shì kuài zuò fēng ràng rén hěn fǎn gǎn.That philistine attitude really turns people off.
- 。Wǒ bù xiǎng biàn de nà me shì kuài.I don't want to become that vulgar and profit-driven.
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