Chinese words starting with “qiao”
18 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable qiao. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first.
Initial q · final iao · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 5
- 2nd tone 5
- 3rd tone 4
- 4th tone 4
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
All 18 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 桥 | qiáo | n | bridge | |
| 2 | 巧克力 | qiǎo kè lì | n | chocolate (loanword) | |
| 3 | 瞧 | qiáo | v | to look at; to see; to see (a doctor); to visit | |
| 4 | 敲 | qiāo | v | to hit; to strike; to tap; to rap; to knock; to rip sb off; to overcharge | |
| 5 | 巧 | qiǎo | a,ad | opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely | |
| 6 | 翘 | qiào | v | to stick up; to rise on one end; to tilt | |
| 7 | 壳 | qiào | g,n | shell; carapace; crust (earth's crust etc); also pr. [ké] | |
| 8 | 悄悄 | qiāo qiāo | d | quiet; making little or no noise; surreptitious; stealthy; anxious; worried; Taiwan pr. [qiǎo qiǎo] | |
| 9 | 巧合 | qiǎo hé | v,vn | coincidence; coincidental; to coincide | |
| 10 | 敲门 | qiāo mén | v | to knock on a door | |
| 11 | 巧妙 | qiǎo miào | a,ad | ingenious; clever; ingenuity; artifice | |
| 12 | 撬 | qiào | v | to lift; to pry open; to lever open | |
| 13 | 桥梁 | qiáo liáng | n | bridge (lit. and fig.) | |
| 14 | 敲诈 | qiāo zhà | v,vn | to rip off; to extort (money); extortion; blackmail | |
| 15 | 瞧不起 | qiáo bù qǐ | v | to look down upon; to hold in contempt | |
| 16 | 窍门 | qiào mén | n | a trick; an ingenious method; know-how; the knack (of doing sth) | |
| 17 | 乔装 | qiáo zhuāng | to pretend; to feign; to disguise oneself | ||
| 18 | 敲边鼓 | qiāo biān gǔ | v | to back sb up; to support sb in an argument; (lit. to beat nearby drum) |
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