恰巧 meaning in English

qiàqiǎo

by chance; as chance would have it

HSK 7-9adverb14 strokes

Meaning of 恰巧

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

qiàqiǎo
  1. by chance; as chance would have it

恰巧 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ们men恰qià巧qiǎo上shàng了le同tóng一yī辆liàng公gōng交jiāo车chē。
We happened to get on the same bus.
恰qià巧qiǎo我wǒ们men有yǒu同tóng样yàng的de生shēng日rì。
It happens that we have the same birthday.
她tā恰qià巧qiǎo知zhī道dào他tā的de地dì址zhǐ。
She happened to know his address.

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恰 qià · just · 9 strokes

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巧 qiǎo · opportunely · 5 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 恰巧.

巧克力qiǎokèlì(loanword) chocolate
技巧jìqiǎoskill; technique
恰当qiàdàngappropriate; suitable
恰好qiàhǎoas it turns out; by lucky coincidence
恰恰qiàqiàexactly; just; precisely; (loanword) cha-cha; cha-cha-cha (dance)
巧妙qiǎomiàoingenious; clever; ingenuity; artifice
巧合qiǎohécoincidence; coincidental
碰巧pèngqiǎoby chance; by coincidence
恰恰相反qiàqià xiāngfǎnjust the opposite
凑巧còuqiǎofortuitously; luckily
恰到好处qiàdào-hǎochùit's just perfect; it's just right
灵巧língqiǎodeft; nimble

Questions about 恰巧

What does 恰巧 mean?

恰巧 (qiàqiǎo) means "by chance; as chance would have it" and is used as a adverb.

How do you write 恰巧?

恰巧 is made of 2 characters: 恰 (9 strokes), 巧 (5 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

Is 恰巧 an HSK word?

Yes. 恰巧 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.