HSK 5 · Verbs

瞧 qiáo “to look at” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 瞧 means

  1. to look at
  2. to see
  3. to see (a doctor)
  4. to visit

How to say 瞧

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

瞧 in a sentence

  1. 我瞧了瞧橱柜。

    Wǒ qiáo le qiáo chúguì.

    I had a look in the cupboard.

    Sentence #2029406 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我刚才瞧了一眼，一点没意思。

    Wǒ gāngcái qiáo le yì yǎn, yìdiǎn méiyìsi.

    I just had a quick look – it wasn’t interesting at all.

    Sentence #1260507 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 来瞧瞧！

    Lái qiáoqiao!

    Come and have a look!

    Sentence #10298067 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 瞧 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 瞧 (qiáo) with each of its parts in a different colour
瞧qiáoto look at
  • 目eye · mùMeaning part
  • 焦burned · jiāoSound part

目 hints at the meaning (eye); 焦 (jiāo) hints at the sound. Compare it with qiáo.

How to write 瞧

瞧 17 strokes

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

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

Words related to 瞧

More words: Common Verbs

平衡pínghéng · balance平均píngjūn · average破坏pòhuài · to destroy抢qiǎng · to snatch切qiē · to cut庆祝qìngzhù · to celebrate取消qǔxiāo · to cancel去世qùshì · to pass away

FAQs

瞧 (qiáo) means “to look at” or “to see”. It is an HSK 5 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.
Yes. 瞧 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 瞧 from the suggestions. Typing qiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
瞧 is an HSK 5 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.