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翘

qiáo

HSK 6 Character Traditional 翹

What 翘 means

1. outstanding
2. to raise

Other readings

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

• qiàoto stick up; to rise on one end; to tilt

Example sentences

• 我翘课了。
  Wǒ qiàokè le.
  I cut class.
• 他经常翘课。
  Tā jīngcháng qiàokè.
  He is often absent from school.
• 让我们翘课吧。
  Ràng wǒmen qiàokè ba.
  Let's skip class.
• 他翘着二郎腿坐在那里。
  He sat there with his legs crossed.
• 玛丽翘着二郎腿坐在沙发上。
  Mary sat cross-legged on the couch.
• 教授骂了约翰一顿因为他翘了几堂课。
  Jiàoshòu mà le Yuēhàn yī dùn yīnwèi tā qiáo le jǐ táng kè.
  The professor scolded John for skipping class.

Words starting with 翘

• 翘起qiào qǐto stick up; to point sth up
• 翘首qiáo shǒuto raise one's head and look
• 翘企qiáo qǐto look forward eagerly; to long for
• 翘曲qiáo qūto warp; to bend; fig. distorted opinion
• 翘望qiáo wàngto raise one's head and look into the distance; fig. to forward to; to long for
• 翘材qiáo cáioutstandingly talented person
• 翘板qiào bǎna see-saw
• 翘楚qiáo chǔperson of outstanding talent
• 翘班qiào bānto skip work; to sneak out of work early
• 翘盼qiáo pànto long for; eager for
• 翘臀qiào tún(colloquial) perky butt
• 翘课qiào kèto skip school; to cut class
• 翘足qiáo zúlit. on tiptoes; to look forward eagerly; to long for
• 翘尾巴qiào wěi bato be cocky
• 翘舌音qiào shé yīnretroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)
• 翘居群首qiáo jū qún shǒuhead and shoulders above the crowd (idiom); preeminent; outstanding
• 翘足引领qiáo zú yǐn lǐngwaiting on tiptoes and craning one's neck (idiom); to look forward eagerly; to long for
• 翘足而待qiáo zú ér dàito expect in a short time (idiom); also pr. qiào zú ér dài
• 翘首以待qiáo shǒu yǐ dàito hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom); to anxiously await
• 翘鼻麻鸭qiào bí má yā(bird species of China) common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
• 翘拇指qiào mǔ zhǐto give a thumbs-up
• 翘棱qiáo lengto warp; to bend
• 翘辫子qiào biàn zi(colloquial) to die; to kick the bucket
• 翘嘴鹬qiáo zuǐ yù(bird species of China) Terek sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)

Words containing 翘

• 连翘lián qiáoForsythia
• 林家翘Lín Jiā qiáoLin Chia-Chiao (1916-2013), Chinese-American physicist, astronomer and applied…
• 死翘翘sǐ qiào qiàoto die; to drop dead
• 前凸后翘qián tū hòu qiào(of a woman) to have nice curves; buxom; shapely

Characters built on 尧

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

• 晓xiǎodawn; daybreak; to know
• 浇jiāoto pour liquid; to irrigate (using waterwheel); to water
• 跷qiāoto raise one's foot; to stand on tiptoe; stilts
• 侥jiǎoby mere luck
• 骁xiāogood horse; valiant
• 硗qiāostony soil
• 哓xiāoa cry of alarm; querulous

Characters that look like 翘

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

• 触chùto touch; to make contact with sth; to stir up sb's emotions
• 搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift
• 翔xiángto soar; to glide; variant of 详
• 绷bēngto draw tight; to stretch taut; to tack (with thread or pin); (bound form) embroidery hoop
• 靓jìngto make up (one's face); to dress; (of one's dress) beautiful
• 掴guāito slap; also pr. guó

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
• 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