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悄

qiāo

HSK 5 Character

What 悄 means

1. used in {悄悄|qiāo qiāo}

Other readings

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

• qiǎoquiet; sad

Example sentences

• 她悄悄地去了。
  She went secretly.
• 我悄悄把信给了他。
  Wǒ qiāoqiāo bǎ xìn gěi le tā.
  I slipped the letter to him.
• 玛丽悄悄地关上了门。
  Mary closed the door quietly.
• 她跟你说了什么悄悄话？
  Tā gēn nǐ shuō le shénme qiāoqiaohuà?
  What did she whisper to you?
• 他悄悄地递给我一张纸条。
  Tā qiāoqiāo de dì gěi wǒ yī zhāng zhǐtiáo.
  He slipped me a note.
• 房间里静悄悄的，听不到一丝声音。
  Fángjiān lǐ jìngqiāoqiāo de, tīngbudào yī sī shēngyīn.
  Not a sound was heard in the room.

Words starting with 悄

• 悄悄qiāo qiāoquiet; making little or no noise; surreptitious; stealthy; anxious; worried
• 悄然qiǎo ránquietly; sorrowfully
• 悄悄话qiāo qiao huàwhisperings; private words; confidences
• 悄声qiǎo shēngquietly; in a low voice
• 悄无声息qiǎo wú shēng xīquietly; noiselessly
• 悄然无声qiǎo rán wú shēngabsolutely quiet
• 悄悄咪咪qiāo qiāo mī mī(dialect) quietly; stealthily
• 悄咪咪qiāo mī mīsee 悄悄咪咪

Words containing 悄

• 静悄悄jìng qiāo qiāoextremely quiet
• 蹑悄悄niè qiāo qiāosoftly; quietly

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
• 宵xiāonight
• 逍xiāoused in 逍遥
• 硝xiāosaltpeter; to tan (leather)
• 俏qiàogood-looking; charming; (of goods) in great demand
• 峭qiàohigh and steep; precipitous; severe or stern
• 霄xiāofirmament; heaven

Characters that look like 悄

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

• 俏qiàogood-looking; charming; (of goods) in great demand
• 惬qiè(literary) satisfied; content
• 惚hūused in 恍惚
• 恬tiánquiet; calm; tranquil
• 俑yǒngwooden figures buried with the dead
• 恃shì(bound form) to rely on; (literary) one's mother

Sounds the same

Read qiāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 敲to hit; to strike; to tap
• 雀a freckle; lentigo
• 跷to raise one's foot; to stand on tiptoe; stilts
• 锹shovel; spade
• 橇sled; sleigh
• 硗stony soil
• 缲hem with invisible stitches
• 墝stony soil
• 骹shank (the leg from knee to ankle); leg (from hip to ankle); (horse anatomy) pastern
• 劁to neuter livestock
• 橾old variant of 锹