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瞧

qiáo

HSK 5 Character

What 瞧 means

1. to look at
2. to see
3. to see (a doctor)
4. to visit

Example sentences

• 走着瞧
  Zǒuzheqiáo
  Wait and see.
• 走着瞧！
  Zǒuzheqiáo!
  Go and see!
• 瞧瞧吧！
  Take a peek!
• 来瞧瞧！
  Take a look!
• 瞧你身后。
  Look behind you.
• 别瞧不起人。
  Don't underestimate us.

Words starting with 瞧

• 瞧见qiáo jiànto see
• 瞧不起qiáo bù qǐto look down upon; to hold in contempt
• 瞧着办qiáo zhe bànto do as one sees fit; It's up to you.; Let's wait and see and then decide what to do.

Words containing 瞧

• 等着瞧děng zhe qiáowait and see (who is right)
• 小瞧xiǎo qiáo(colloquial) to look down on; to underestimate
• 走着瞧zǒu zhe qiáowait and see (who is right)
• 东瞧西瞅dōng qiáo xī chǒusee 东张西望
• 吃着碗里，瞧着锅里chī zhe wǎn lǐ , qiáo zhe guō lǐsee 吃著碗裡，吃着碗里，看着锅里

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.

• 礁jiāoreef; shoal rock
• 蕉jiāobanana
• 憔qiáoused in 憔悴
• 樵qiáofirewood; gather wood
• 谯qiáodrum tower
• 鹪jiāoeastern wren
• 醮jiàoto perform sacrifice
• 噍jiàoto chew

Characters that look like 瞧

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

• 瞻zhānto gaze; to view
• 瞳tóngpupil of the eye
• 孺rúchild
• 瞟piǎoto cast a glance
• 臊sàoshame; bashfulness; to shame
• 蟆mátoad

Sounds the same

Read qiáo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 桥bridge
• 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