翘 meaning in English

qiào

to stick up; to rise on one end

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 翹12 strokes

Meaning of 翘

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

qiào
  1. to stick up
  2. to rise on one end
  3. to tilt
qiáo
  1. outstanding
  2. to raise

翘 in example sentences

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

他tā经jīng常cháng翘qiào课kè。
He is often absent from school.
我wǒ翘qiào课kè了le。
I cut class.
Betty 翘qiào起qǐ双shuāng腿tuǐ,在zài椅yǐ子zi上shàng坐zuò著zhù。
Betty sat in the chair with her legs crossed.
玛mǎ丽lì翘qiào着zhe二èr郎láng腿tuǐ坐zuò在zài沙shā发fā上shàng。
Mary sat cross-legged on the couch.
他tā翘qiào著zhù二èr郎láng腿tuǐ坐zuò在zài那nà里lǐ。
He sat there with his legs crossed.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

翘 qiào · to stick up · 12 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 翘.

死翘翘sǐqiàoqiàoto die; to drop dead

Questions about 翘

What does 翘 mean?

翘 (qiào) means "to stick up; to rise on one end" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 翘?

翘 is made of 1 character: 翘 (12 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

Is 翘 an HSK word?

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

How is 翘 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 翘 is written 翹.