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桥

qiáo

HSK 4 Character Traditional 橋 Measure word 座

What 桥 means

1. bridge

Example sentences

• 过河拆桥。
  Guòhé-chāiqiáo.
  Destroy one's bridges after one has crossed the river.
• 桥下很黑。
  It was pretty dark under the bridge.
• 桥是木制的。
  The bridge is built of wood.
• 桥在建造中。
  The bridge is under construction.
• 那座桥不长。
  That bridge isn't long.
• 桥处于修理中。
  The bridge is being repaired.

Words starting with 桥

• 桥梁qiáo liángbridge (lit. and fig.)
• 桥头qiáo tóueither end of a bridge; a bridgehead
• 桥牌qiáo páicontract bridge (card game)
• 桥本Qiáo běnHashimoto (Japanese surname and place name)
• 桥面qiáo miànroadway; floor; deck
• 桥墩qiáo dūnbridge pier
• 桥台qiáo táiabutment (architecture)
• 桥接qiáo jiēto join by or as if by a bridge; to bridge
• 桥段qiáo duàn(cinema, literature etc) scene; trope; plot device
• 桥脑qiáo nǎo(anatomy) pons
• 桥镇Qiáo zhènBridgetown, capital of Barbados (Tw)
• 桥接器qiáo jiē qìbridge (networking)
• 桥东区Qiáo dōng QūQiaodong, a district of Zhangjiakou City 张家口市
• 桥西区Qiáo xī QūQiaoxi, a district of Shijiazhuang City 石家庄市; Qiaoxi, a district of Zhangjiakou City 张家口市
• 桥头堡qiáo tóu bǎobridgehead (military); stronghold serving as a base for advancing further into enemy…
• 桥式整流器qiáo shì zhěng liú qì(electricity) bridge rectifier
• 桥本龙太郎Qiáo běn Lóng tài lángHASHIMOTO Ryūtarō (1937-2006), Japanese politician, prime minister 1996-1998
• 桥东Qiáo dōngsee 桥东区
• 桥西Qiáo xīsee 桥西区

Words containing 桥

• 立交桥lì jiāo qiáooverpass; flyover
• 大桥Dà QiáoDa Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三国演义
• 天桥tiān qiáooverhead walkway; pedestrian bridge
• 剑桥Jiàn qiáoCambridge
• 小桥Xiǎo QiáoXiao Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三国演义
• 张春桥Zhāng Chūn qiáoZhang Chunqiao (1917-2005), one of the Gang of Four
• 虹桥hóng qiáoarched bridge
• 高桥Gāo qiáoTakahashi (Japanese surname)
• 剑桥大学Jiàn qiáo Dà xuéUniversity of Cambridge
• 断桥Duàn QiáoThe Broken Bridge (at West Lake in Hangzhou)
• 独木桥dú mù qiáosingle-log bridge; (fig.) difficult path
• 吊桥diào qiáodrawbridge; suspension bridge
• 卢沟桥Lú gōu QiáoLugou Bridge or Marco Polo Bridge in southwest of Beijing, the scene of a conflict that…
• 高架桥gāo jià qiáohigh trestle bridge; viaduct; flyover
• 路桥lù qiáoroad bridge
• 栈桥zhàn qiáoa pier; a landing-stage; a loading trestle for goods or passengers
• 鹊桥què qiáomagpie bridge across the Milky Way between Altair and Vega where Cowherd and Weaving maid…
• 浮桥fú qiáopontoon bridge
• 过街天桥guò jiē tiān qiáoskywalk; pedestrian bridge
• 便桥biàn qiáotemporary bridge
• 全桥quán qiáoH bridge (electronics)
• 冰桥bīng qiáoice arch
• 前桥Qián qiáoMaebashi (surname or place name)
• 半桥bàn qiáohalf bridge (electronics)

Characters built on 乔

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

• 骄jiāoproud; arrogant
• 娇jiāolovable; pampered; tender
• 侨qiáoemigrant; to reside abroad
• 轿jiàosedan chair; palanquin; litter
• 矫jiáoused in 矫情
• 荞qiáocommon mallow (Malva sinensis); variant of 荞
• 峤jiàohighest peak
• 挢jiǎoto raise; to lift; to pretend

Characters that look like 桥

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

• 排páito arrange in order; to line up; to exclude; to eliminate; to repel; to expel…
• 拼pīnto piece together; to put together; to pool (resources etc); to share; to risk all…
• 娇jiāolovable; pampered; tender
• 轿jiàosedan chair; palanquin; litter
• 矫jiáoused in 矫情
• 梧wúSterculia platanifolia

Sounds the same

Read qiáo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 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
• 憔used in 憔悴
• 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