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俏

qiào

Character

What 俏 means

1. good-looking
2. charming
3. (of goods) in great demand
4. colloquialto season (food)

Words starting with 俏

• 俏皮qiào pismart; charming; attractive
• 俏丽qiào lìhandsome; pretty
• 俏皮话qiào pi huàwitticism; wisecrack; sarcastic remark
• 俏美qiào měicharming; pretty
• 俏货qiào huògoods that sell well

Words containing 俏

• 俊俏jùn qiàoattractive and intelligent; charming; elegant
• 走俏zǒu qiào(a product) sells well; to be in demand
• 打情骂俏dǎ qíng mà qiàoto banter flirtatiously (idiom)
• 紧俏jǐn qiào(merchandise) in high demand
• 花俏huā qiàofancy; gaudy
• 讨俏tǎo qiàodeliberately provocative; saucy
• 老来俏lǎo lái qiàoold person who dresses up as teenager; mutton dressed as lamb

Characters built on 肖

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

• 消xiāoto diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time)
• 销xiāoto melt (metal); to cancel; to annul; to sell
• 悄qiāoused in 悄悄
• 宵xiāonight
• 逍xiāoused in 逍遥
• 硝xiāosaltpeter; to tan (leather)
• 峭qiàohigh and steep; precipitous; severe or stern
• 霄xiāofirmament; heaven

Characters that look like 俏

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

• 损sǔn(bound form) to decrease; to diminish; (bound form) to harm; to damage…
• 侦zhēnto scout; to spy; to detect
• 悄qiāoused in 悄悄
• 绣xiùto embroider; embroidery
• 俑yǒngwooden figures buried with the dead
• 诮qiàoridicule; to blame

Sounds the same

Read qiào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 峭high and steep; precipitous; severe or stern
• 窍hole; opening; orifice (of the human body)
• 撬to lift; to pry open; to lever open
• 壳(bound form) shell; Taiwan pr. ké
• 翘to stick up; to rise on one end; to tilt
• 鞘scabbard; sheath
• 诮ridicule; to blame
• 撽to beat with a stick; to hit from the side
• 谯ridicule; to blame