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憔

qiáo

Character

What 憔 means

1. used in {憔悴|qiáo cuì}

Other readings

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

• qiáoold variant of {憔|qiáo}
• qiáovariant of {憔|qiáo}

Example sentences

• 你看上去很憔悴。
  Nǐ kànshangqu hěn qiáocuì.
  You look worn out.
• 玛丽早已变得太虚弱憔悴，似乎已经半截入土。
  Mary had become so frail and gaunt that it seemed she already had one foot in the grave.
• 玛丽变得如此虚弱和憔悴，似乎她的一只脚已经踏进了坟墓
  Mǎlì biànde rúcǐ xūruò hé qiáocuì, sìhū tā de yī zhī jiǎo yǐjīng tàjìn le fénmù
  Mary had become so frail and gaunt that it seemed she already had one foot in the grave.
• 玛丽变得如此虚弱和憔悴，似乎她的一只脚已经踏进了坟墓。
  Mary had become so frail and gaunt that it seemed she already had one foot in the grave.

Words starting with 憔

• 憔悴qiáo cuìwan and sallow; thin and pallid; haggard

Characters built on 焦

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

• 瞧qiáoto look at; to see; to see (a doctor)
• 礁jiāoreef; shoal rock
• 蕉jiāobanana
• 樵qiáofirewood; gather wood
• 谯qiáodrum tower
• 鹪jiāoeastern wren
• 醮jiàoto perform sacrifice
• 噍jiàoto chew

Characters that look like 憔

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

• 懂dǒngto understand; to comprehend
• 慷kāngused in 慷慨
• 懒lǎnlazy
• 儒rúscholar; Confucian
• 憧chōngused in 憧憬; used in 憧憧
• 樵qiáofirewood; gather wood

Sounds the same

Read qiáo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 桥bridge
• 瞧to look at; to see; to see (a doctor)
• 侨emigrant; to reside abroad
• 翘outstanding; to raise
• 乔tall
• 樵firewood; gather wood
• 荞common mallow (Malva sinensis); variant of 荞
• 谯drum tower
• 硚used in place names; see 硚头
• 睄to look at (old variant of 瞧
• 趫nimble; walk on stilts
• 鞒the pommel and cantle of a saddle