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qiáo

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qiáo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qiáo | qiao2
English translation
outstanding
to raise
to stick up
to rise on one end
to tilt
outstanding; to elevate, to lift, to raise

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About qiáo

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

qiào

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

wings

Etymology of qiáo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

尧羽

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

yáo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and yáo represents the sound. Simplified form of qiào .

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Example sentences using qiáo

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乐得 qiáo le 嘴角 zuǐ jiǎo .

He quirked up the corners of his mouth with amusement.

xiǎng qiáo 睡觉 shuìjiào .

I was sorely tempted to miss class and sleep in instead.

同时 tóngshí 放弃 fàngqì le 绿, 翘起 qiào qǐ de 嘴唇 zuǐchún ,还有 hái yǒu 超级 chāojí 模特 mótè 般的颧骨 quán gǔ .

She also gave up green locks , pouty lips and cheekbones of a supermodel.

yòng 手把 shǒu bà qiáo de 头发 tóufa 轻轻 qīng qīng pāi Píng .

She patted down unruly wisps of hair.

飞行员 fēi xíng yuán 使 shǐ 机翼 jī yì de 端部 qiáo ,恢复 huīfù 平衡 pínghéng .

The aviator warped a wing tip to regain balance.

Words with qiáo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
qiáo to stick up qiào
翘首 qiáo shǒu to raise one's head and look around (esp. at the state of the nation)翹首
连翘 lián qiáo Forsythia連翹
翘首以待 qiáo shǒu yǐ dài to anxiously await翹首以待
翘翘板 qiào qiào bǎn see-saw翹翹板
翘尾巴 qiào wěi ba to be cocky翹尾巴
翘辫子 qiào biàn zi (coll.) to die翹辮子
翘板 qiào bǎn a see-saw翹板
翘舌音 qiào shé yīn retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)翹舌音
翘盼 qiáo pàn to long for翹盼
翘望 qiáo wàng to long for翹望
林家翘 Lín Jiā qiáo Lin Chia-Chiao (1916-2013), Chinese-American physicist, astronomer and applied mathematician林家翹
翘足 qiáo zú lit. on tiptoes翹足
翘足而待 qiáo zú ér dài to expect in a short time (idiom)翹足而待
翘企 qiáo qǐ to long for翹企

qiáo Decomposition & Compounds

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qiáo Decomposition

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