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雕

diāo

HSK 6 Character

What 雕 means

1. to carve
2. to engrave
3. shrewd
4. bird of prey

Other readings

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

• diāobird of prey
• diāovariant of {雕|diāo}, to engrave

Example sentences

• 一箭双雕。
  Kill two birds with one stone.
• 我们用木材做雕像。
  Wǒmen yòng mùcái zuò diāoxiàng.
  We made statues out of wood.
• 这样子我一箭双雕。
  That way I kill two birds with one stone.
• 雕鸮和仓鸮有什幺区别？
  What's the difference between an eagle-owl and a barn owl?
• 这座雕像和真人的尺寸一样。
  Zhè zuò diāoxiàng hé zhēnrén de chǐcun yīyàng.
  This statue is as large as life.
• 这座雕像是由樱木雕刻而成。
  Zhè zuò diāoxiàng shì yóu yīng mù diāokè ér chéng.
  The statue was carved from a block of cherry wood.

Words starting with 雕

• 雕塑diāo sùa statue; a Buddhist image; sculpture
• 雕刻diāo kèto carve; to engrave; carving
• 雕像diāo xiàngsculpture; (carved) statue
• 雕花diāo huācarving; decorative carved pattern; arabesque
• 雕琢diāo zhuóto sculpt; to carve (jade); ornate artwork
• 雕饰diāo shìto carve; to decorate; carved
• 雕版diāo bǎna carved printing block
• 雕刻品diāo kè pǐnsculpture
• 雕刻家diāo kè jiāsculptor
• 雕具座Diāo jù zuòCaelum (constellation)
• 雕虫小技diāo chóng xiǎo jìinsignificant talent; skill of no high order; minor accomplishment
• 雕梁画栋diāo liáng huà dòngrichly ornamented (building)
• 雕栏玉砌diāo lán yù qì(lit.) carved railings and jade steps (idiom); (fig.) richly ornamented (building)
• 雕阑diāo láncarved railings
• 雕镌diāo juānto engrave (wood or stone); to carve
• 雕鸮diāo xiāo(bird species of China) Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo)
• 雕楹碧槛diāo yíng bì kǎncarved pillar, jade doorsill (idiom); heavily decorated environment
• 雕虫篆刻diāo chóng zhuàn kèliterary trifles; minor skill
• 雕漆diāo qīcarved lacquerware
• 雕落diāo luòvariant of 凋落
• 雕谢diāo xièvariant of 凋谢
• 雕弊diāo bìvariant of 凋敝
• 雕敝diāo bìvariant of 凋敝
• 雕零diāo língvariant of 凋零

Words containing 雕

• 浮雕fú diāorelief sculpture
• 石雕shí diāostone carving; carved sculpture
• 冰雕bīng diāoice sculpture
• 微雕wēi diāoa miniature (carving)
• 林雕lín diāo(bird species of China) black eagle (Ictinaetus malaiensis)
• 沙雕shā diāosand sculpture; (net slang) silly; ridiculous; hilariously stupid (pun on 傻屌
• 渔雕yú diāo(bird species of China) lesser fish eagle (Icthyophaga humilis)
• 乌雕wū diāo(bird species of China) greater spotted eagle (Clanga clanga)
• 牙雕yá diāoivory carving
• 老雕lǎo diāovulture
• 花雕huā diāoShaoxing yellow wine
• 贝雕bèi diāoshell carving
• 金雕jīn diāo(bird species of China) golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
• 雷雕léi diāolaser cutting (abbr. for 雷射雕刻
• 草原雕cǎo yuán diāo(bird species of China) steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis)
• 动态雕塑dòng tài diāo sù(fine arts) a mobile
• 浮雕墙纸fú diāo qiáng zhǐembossed wallpaper
• 玉带海雕yù dài hǎi diāo(bird species of China) Pallas's fish eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus)
• 白尾海雕bái wěi hǎi diāo(bird species of China) white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
• 白头海雕bái tóu hǎi diāobald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), the national bird of the United States
• 精雕细刻jīng diāo xì kè(lit.) fine sculpting (idiom); (fig.) to work (at sth) with extreme care and precision
• 虎头海雕hǔ tóu hǎi diāo(bird species of China) Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)
• 射雕英雄传Shè Diāo Yīng xióng ZhuànLegend of the Condor Heroes, wuxia (武侠
• 白肩雕bái jiān diāo(bird species of China) eastern imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca)

Characters built on 周

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

• 调tiáoto harmonize; to reconcile; to blend
• 凋diāowithered
• 碉diāorock cave (archaic)
• 鲷diāoporgy; pagrus major
• 蜩tiáocicada

Characters that look like 雕

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

• 醇chúnalcohol; wine with high alcohol content; rich
• 稻dàopaddy; rice (Oryza sativa)
• 蹄tíhoof; pig's trotters
• 鞍ān(bound form) saddle
• 踵zhǒngto arrive; to follow; heel
• 樽zūngoblet; bottle; wine-jar

Sounds the same

Read diāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 叼to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)
• 刁artful; wicked
• 貂sable or marten (genus Martes)
• 凋withered
• 碉rock cave (archaic)
• 鲷porgy; pagrus major
• 蛁Pomponia maculatiocollis
• 琱to engrave gems
• 汈(used in place names)