Meaning of 敲
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- to hit
- to strike
- to tap
- to rap
- to knock
- to rip sb off
- to overcharge
How to use 敲
敲 means to tap or knock with a hand or object, and it often takes things like doors, drums, bells or keyboards as objects. In casual speech it can also mean to overcharge someone. Example: 有人在敲门。(Yǒu rén zài qiāo mén.) Someone is knocking at the door.
敲 (qiāo) has 高 (gāo, tall) on the left and 攴, a hand holding a stick, on the right. Picture a hand with a stick tapping on a tall door to knock.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes write the left side as 高 with its full bottom, but in 敲 the bottom of 高 is squeezed and narrow to fit beside 攴. Also, 敲 is a light, repeated tap or knock, so do not use it for a hard punch where 打 (dǎ) or 揍 (zòu) fits better.
敲 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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敲 qiāo · to hit · 14 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 敲.
| 敲门 | qiāo mén | to knock on a door |
| 敲诈 | qiāozhà | to rip off; to extort (money) |
| 推敲 | tuīqiāo | to think over |
| 敲边鼓 | qiāo biāngǔ | to back sb up; to support sb in an argument |
| 敲打 | qiāodǎ | to beat sb; to beat (a drum) |
| 敲响 | qiāoxiǎng | to sound a bell; to raise the alarm |
| 敲定 | qiāodìng | to come to a decision; to fix on (a date etc) |
| 敲击 | qiāojī | to pound; to rap |
| 敲开 | qiāokāi | to get sth open by tapping or striking it; (figuratively, when followed by sth like ∼的大門|∼ |
Questions about 敲
What does 敲 mean?
敲 (qiāo) means "to hit; to strike" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 敲?
敲 is made of 1 character: 敲 (14 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.
Is 敲 an HSK word?
Yes. 敲 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
What is the difference between 敲 and 打?
打 (dǎ) is a very general verb for hitting and has many other meanings. 敲 focuses on knocking or tapping something to make a sound, like 敲门 (qiāo mén) or 敲键盘 (qiāo jiànpán, to type on a keyboard).
Why does 推敲 mean to think something over?
推敲 (tuīqiāo) literally combines push and knock, and it is used to mean carefully weighing words or ideas. You might say 这句话还要推敲一下 (zhè jù huà hái yào tuīqiāo yíxià), this sentence needs more thought.