HSK 4 · Objects

桥 qiáo “bridge” in Chinese

Traditional 橋

What 桥 means

  1. bridge

Measure word 座 zuò · 一座桥 yí zuò qiáo

How to say 桥

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale桥qiáo2nd tone, rising

桥 in a sentence

  1. 池塘上有座桥。

    Chítáng shàng yǒu zuò qiáo.

    There is a bridge over the pond.

    Sentence #8800731 from Tatoeba

  2. 我不确定那座桥到底有多长。

    Wǒ bú quèdìng nà zuò qiáo dàodǐ yǒu duō cháng.

    I’m not sure exactly how long that bridge is.

    Sentence #3078796 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 那座桥很漂亮。

    Nà zuò qiáo hěn piàoliang.

    That bridge is very beautiful.

    Sentence #838544 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 桥 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 桥 (qiáo) with each of its parts in a different colour
桥qiáobridge
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 乔tall · qiáoSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 乔 (qiáo) hints at the sound. Compare it with qiáo.

How to write 桥

桥 10 strokes

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

Words related to 桥

Words with 桥

桥梁qiáoliáng · bridge立交桥lìjiāoqiáo · overpass

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FAQs

桥 (qiáo) means “bridge”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it qiáo: qiáo with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 桥 is written 橋. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 座 (zuò). For example, one bridge is 一座桥 (yí zuò qiáo).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 桥 from the suggestions. Typing qiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
桥 is an HSK 4 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.