HSK 6 · Verbs

翘 qiào “to stick up” in Chinese

Traditional 翹

What 翘 means

  1. to stick up
  2. to tilt upwards
  3. to rise on one end
  4. to tilt

How to say 翘

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale翘qiào4th tone, falling

翘 in a sentence

  1. 玛丽翘着二郎腿坐在沙发上。

    Mǎlì qiào zhe èrlángtuǐ zuò zài shāfā shàng.

    Mary sat on the sofa with her legs crossed.

    Sentence #8591218 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 翘 also means “to skip (class)” in 翘课

    他经常翘课。

    Tā jīngcháng qiào kè.

    He often skips class.

    Sentence #785841 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 翘 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 翘 (qiào) with each of its parts in a different colour
翘qiàoto stick up
  • 尧a legendary ancient emperor-sage · YáoSound part
  • 羽feather · yǔMeaning part

羽 hints at the meaning (feather); 尧 (Yáo) hints at the sound. Compare it with qiào.

How to write 翘

翘 12 strokes

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

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

Words related to 翘

More words: Common Verbs

强迫qiǎngpò · to force迁就qiānjiù · to accommodate迁徙qiānxǐ · to migrate牵制qiānzhì · to contain起草qǐcǎo · to draft欺负qīfu · to bully起哄qǐhòng · to stir up trouble清除qīngchú · to clear away

FAQs

翘 (qiào) means “to stick up” or “to tilt upwards”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qiào: qiào with a 4th 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, 翘 is written 翹. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 翘 from the suggestions. Typing qiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
翘 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.