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侥

jiǎo

HSK 6 Character Traditional 僥

What 侥 means

1. by mere luck

Other readings

侥 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yáoused in {僬侥|jiāo yáo}

Example sentences

• 你侥幸了。
  Nǐ jiǎoxìng le.
  You got off easy.
• 好险啊，还好侥幸逃过一劫。
  That was so dangerous! Fortunately, I narrowly escaped a disaster.

Words starting with 侥

• 侥幸jiǎo xìngluckily; by a fluke
• 侥幸心理jiǎo xìng xīn lǐtrusting to luck; wishful thinking

Words containing 侥

• 僬侥jiāo yáolegendary dwarfs in the west of China; (by extension) barbarians in the southwest of China

Characters built on 尧

These share the phonetic component 尧 (Yáo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 晓xiǎodawn; daybreak; to know
• 浇jiāoto pour liquid; to irrigate (using waterwheel); to water
• 翘qiáooutstanding; to raise
• 跷qiāoto raise one's foot; to stand on tiptoe; stilts
• 骁xiāogood horse; valiant
• 硗qiāostony soil
• 哓xiāoa cry of alarm; querulous

Characters that look like 侥

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 使shǐto make; to cause; to enable
• 便biànplain; informal; suitable
• 佣yōngto hire; to employ; servant
• 侠xiáknight-errant; brave and chivalrous; hero
• 挠náoto scratch; to thwart; to yield
• 佬lǎomale; man (Cantonese)

Sounds the same

Read jiǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 角angle; corner; horn
• 脚foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object)
• 饺dumplings with meat filling
• 狡crafty; cunning; sly
• 缴to hand in; to hand over; to pay; to capture (weapons); to seize
• 搅to disturb; to annoy; to mix
• 绞to twist (strands into a thread); to entangle; to wring
• 皎bright; white
• 湫marsh
• 矫to correct; to rectify; to redress
• 剿to destroy; to extirpate
• 铰scissors; to cut (with scissors)