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巧

qiǎo

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 character level 4 Character

巧 (qiǎo) means "opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 巧 means

1. opportunely
2. coincidentally
3. as it happens
4. skillful
5. timely

Example sentences

• 熟能生巧。
  Shúnéngshēngqiǎo.
  Practice makes perfect.
• 好巧妙啊。
  That's clever.
• 真是个巧合！
  What a coincidence!
• 可能只是巧合。
  Kěnéng zhǐshì qiǎohé.
  It could be just a coincidence.
• 谁要热巧克力？
  Who wants hot chocolate?
• 谁要热巧克力?
  Who wants hot chocolate?

Words starting with 巧

• 巧克力qiǎo kè lì(loanword) chocolate
• 巧妙qiǎo miàoingenious; clever; ingenuity; artifice
• 巧合qiǎo hécoincidence; coincidental; to coincide
• 巧了qiǎo lewhat a coincidence!
• 巧人qiǎo rénHomo habilis, extinct species of upright East African hominid (Tw)
• 巧妇qiǎo fùclever wife; ingenious housewife; Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
• 巧干qiǎo gànto work resourcefully; to apply intelligence
• 巧思qiǎo sīinnovative thinking; ingenuity
• 巧手qiǎo shǒuskillful hands; dexterous; a dab hand
• 巧计qiǎo jìmaneuver; scheme
• 巧辩qiǎo biànto argue skillfully or plausibly; rhetoric
• 巧固球qiǎo gù qiútchoukball (loanword)
• 巧立名目qiǎo lì míng mùto fabricate excuses (idiom); to concoct various items (e.g. to pad an expense account)
• 巧言令色qiǎo yán lìng sèto be glib in one's speech and wear an ingratiating expression (idiom)
• 巧克力脆片qiǎo kè lì cuì piànchocolate chip
• 巧家县Qiǎo jiā XiànQiaojia, a county in Zhaotong City 昭通市
• 巧诈qiǎo zhàdeceitful; crafty; artful
• 巧舌如簧qiǎo shé rú huánglit. to have a tongue like the reed of a wind instrument (idiom)…
• 巧匠qiǎo jiàngskilled workman
• 巧诈不如拙诚qiǎo zhà bù rú zhuō chéngthe unvarnished truth is better than a cunning ruse (idiom); honesty is the best policy
• 巧妇难为无米之炊qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuīThe cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom)…
• 巧家Qiǎo jiāsee 巧家县

Words containing 巧

• 技巧jì qiǎoskill; technique
• 恰巧qià qiǎoby chance; as chance would have it
• 小巧xiǎo qiǎosmall and exquisite; delicate; fine (features)
• 碰巧pèng qiǎoby chance; by coincidence; to happen to
• 正巧zhèng qiǎojust by chance; to happen to (just at the right time); opportune
• 精巧jīng qiǎoelaborate
• 乖巧guāi qiǎoclever (child); smart; lovable
• 灵巧líng qiǎodeft; nimble; ingenious
• 不巧bù qiǎotoo bad; unfortunately; as luck would have it
• 凑巧còu qiǎofortuitously; luckily; as chance has it
• 轻巧qīng qiǎodexterous; deft; easy
• 花言巧语huā yán qiǎo yǔgraceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words; cheating wheedling…
• 刚巧gāng qiǎoby chance; by coincidence; by good luck
• 小巧玲珑xiǎo qiǎo líng lóng(idiom) dainty; delicate; exquisite
• 投机取巧tóu jī qǔ qiǎoto gain advantage by any means, fair or foul; to be opportunistic; to be full of tricks
• 弄巧成拙nòng qiǎo chéng zhuōto overreach oneself; to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face
• 心灵手巧xīn líng shǒu qiǎocapable; clever; dexterous
• 偏巧piān qiǎoby coincidence; it so happened that; fortunately
• 取巧qǔ qiǎoquick fix; opportune short cut (around a difficulty); cheap trick (to get what one wants)
• 可巧kě qiǎoby happy coincidence
• 手巧shǒu qiǎoto be skillful with one's hands; to be manually adroit
• 机巧jī qiǎocunning; dexterous; ingenious
• 白巧bái qiǎowhite chocolate (abbr. for 白巧克力
• 花巧huā qiǎofancy

Sounds the same

Read qiǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 悄quiet; sad
• 愀change countenance; worry

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qiǎo correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.