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qiāo

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qiāo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qiāo | qiao1
English translation
shovel

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About qiāo

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

qiāo

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

metal

Etymology of qiāo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

钅秋

Semantic compound

jīn

Phonetic compound

Qiū

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. jīn represents the meaning and Qiū represents the sound. Simplified form of qiāo .

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Example sentences using qiāo

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爸爸 bàba yòng 铁锹 tiě qiāo fān 花园 huā yuán de .

Dad uses a spade to dig the garden.

zhè 铁锹 tiě qiāo 使 shǐ 起来 qǐlai tǐng 顺手 shùn shǒu .

This spade is very handy.

qiāo de 手柄 shǒu bǐng jiào cháng 发挥 fāhuī jiào hǎo de 杠杆作用

The spade and fork have longer shafts, providing better leverage.

yòng qiāo de fān 一遍 yī biàn

Turn the soil over with a spade.

铁锹 tiě qiāo 插到地里开始 kāishǐ 卖力 mài lì 地干 le 起来 qǐlai

He sank the spade into the ground, and went at it.

Words with qiāo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
铁锹 tiě qiāo spade鐵鍬
qiāo shovel qiāo

qiāo Decomposition & Compounds

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