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qiáo

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qiáo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qiáo | qiao2
English translation
tall, lofty; proud, stately

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About qiáo

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

qiáo

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

tall

Etymology of qiáo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

夭高

Semantic compound

Gāo

Phonetic compound

yāo

Explanation

Simplified form of qiáo . Originally written the same as Gāo (tall). The component was added to distinguish the two characters.

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Words with qiáo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
qiáo surname Qiao qiáo
乔治 Qiáo zhì George (name)喬治
乔丹 Qiáo dān Jordan (name)喬丹
乔布斯 Qiáo bù sī Jobs (name)喬布斯
乔迁 qiáo qiān promotion喬遷
戈尔巴乔夫 Gē ěr bā qiáo fū Gorbachev戈爾巴喬夫
乔木 qiáo mù tree, esp. with recognizable trunk (as opposed to 灌木 guàn mù [guàn​mù], bush or shrub)喬木
乔纳森 Qiáo nà sēn Jonathan (name)喬納森
乔石 Qiáo Shí Qiao Shi (1924-2015), Chinese politician喬石
乔装 qiáo zhuāng to pretend喬裝
乔治亚 Qiáo zhì yà (Tw) Georgia, US state喬治亞
乔希 Qiáo xī Josh or Joshi (name)喬希
乔冠华 Qiáo Guàn huá Qiao Guanhua (1913-1973), PRC politician and diplomat喬冠華
乔装打扮 qiáo zhuāng dǎ bàn to dress up in disguise (idiom); to pretend for the purpose of deceit喬裝打扮
乔红 Qiáo Hóng Qiao Hong (1968-), former PRC female table tennis player喬紅
圣乔治 shèng Qiáo zhì St George聖喬治

qiáo Decomposition & Compounds

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