雕 meaning in English

diāo

to carve; to engrave

HSK 7-9verb16 strokes

Meaning of 雕

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

diāo
  1. to carve
  2. to engrave
  3. shrewd
  4. bird of prey
diāo
  1. bird of prey
diāo
  1. variant of 雕[diao1], to engrave

雕 in example sentences

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

这zhè座zuò雕diāo像xiàng和hé真zhēn人rén的de尺chǐ寸cùn一yī样yàng。
This statue is as large as life.
这zhè样yàng子zi我wǒ一yī箭jiàn双shuāng雕diāo。
That way I kill two birds with one stone.
我wǒ们men用yòng木mù材cái做zuò雕diāo像xiàng。
We made statues out of wood.
他tā们men的de愿yuàn望wàng被bèi刻kè在zài雕diāo像xiàng的de底dǐ座zuò上shàng。
Their wish is engraved on the base of the statue.
这zhè座zuò雕diāo像xiàng是shì由yóu樱yīng木mù雕diāo刻kè而ér成chéng。
The statue was carved from a block of cherry wood.

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雕 diāo · to carve · 16 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 雕.

雕塑diāosùa statue; a Buddhist image
雕刻diāokèto carve; to engrave
雕像diāoxiàngsculpture; (carved) statue

Questions about 雕

What does 雕 mean?

雕 (diāo) means "to carve; to engrave" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 雕?

雕 is made of 1 character: 雕 (16 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

Is 雕 an HSK word?

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