HSK 6 · Ideas

技巧 jìqiǎo “skill” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 技巧 means

  1. skill
  2. technique

How to say 技巧

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale技jì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale巧qiǎo3rd tone, dipping

技巧 in a sentence

  1. 写作需要一定的技巧。

    Xiězuò xūyào yídìng de jìqiǎo.

    Writing takes a certain amount of skill.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他教了我一些拍照技巧。

    Tā jiāo le wǒ yìxiē pāizhào jìqiǎo.

    He taught me some photography techniques.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 技巧 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 技 (jì) with each of its parts in a different colour
技jìskill
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 支branch · zhīSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 支 (zhī) hints at the sound. Compare it with jì.

The character 巧 (qiǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
巧qiǎoopportunely
  • 工work · gōngMeaning part
  • 丂part of the characterSound part

How to write 技巧

技 7 strokes · 巧 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

技巧 (jìqiǎo) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 技巧 (jìqiǎo). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 技巧

Words with 技

技术jìshù · technology杂技zájì · acrobatics

Words with 巧

巧克力qiǎokèlì · chocolate (loanword)巧妙qiǎomiào · ingenious恰巧qiàqiǎo · by chance

More words: Ideas & Concepts

精华jīnghuá · essence境界jìngjiè · realm锦上添花jǐnshàngtiānhuā · to make something even better进展jìnzhǎn · progress极限jíxiàn · limit迹象jìxiàng · sign机遇jīyù · opportunity局部júbù · part

FAQs

技巧 (jìqiǎo) means “skill” or “technique”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jìqiǎo: jì with a 4th tone, then qiǎo with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 技巧 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiqiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 技巧 from the suggestions. Typing jiqiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
技巧 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.