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恰巧

qià qiǎo

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

恰巧 (qià qiǎo) means "by chance; as chance would have it". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 恰巧 means

1. by chance; as chance would have it

The characters in 恰巧

• 恰qiàexactly; just
• 巧qiǎoopportunely; coincidentally; as it happens

Example sentences

• 她恰巧知道他的地址。
  Tā qiàqiǎo zhīdào tā de dìzhǐ.
  She happened to know his address.
• 恰巧我们有同样的生日。
  Qiàqiǎo wǒmen yǒu tóngyàng de shēngrì.
  It happens that we have the same birthday.
• 我们恰巧上了同一辆公交车。
  Wǒmen qiàqiǎo shàng le tóngyī liàng gōngjiāochē.
  We happened to get on the same bus.

Where 恰巧 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · qiā–qià (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qià qiǎo correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.