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Usage of the character 翘

qiào
[翹]
  • to stick up
  • to rise on one end
  • to tilt
qiáo
[翹]
  • outstanding
  • to raise
qiáocái
翘材
[翹材]
  • outstandingly talented person
qiáoqǐ
翘企
[翹企]
  • to look forward eagerly
  • to long for
qiàobǎn
翘板
[翹板]
  • a see-saw
qiáowàng
翘望
[翹望]
  • to raise one's head and look into the distance
  • fig. to forward to
  • to long for
qiáochǔ
翘楚
[翹楚]
  • person of outstanding talent
qiàokè
翘课
[翹課]
  • to skip school
  • to cut class
qiàoqǐ
翘起
[翹起]
  • to stick up
  • to point sth up
qiáopàn
翘盼
[翹盼]
  • to long for
  • eager for
liánqiáo
连翘
[連翹]
  • Forsythia
qiàobān
翘班
[翹班]
  • to skip work
  • to sneak out of work early
qiáoshǒu
翘首
[翹首]
  • to raise one's head and look
qiáoleng
翘棱
[翹稜]
  • to warp
  • to bend
qiáoqū
翘曲
[翹曲]
  • to warp
  • to bend
  • fig. distorted opinion
  • prejudice
qiàoyìng
翘硬
[翹硬]
  • hard
  • erect
  • to be in erection
qiáozú
翘足
[翹足]
  • lit. on tiptoes
  • to look forward eagerly
  • to long for
qiàoshéyīn
翘舌音
[翹舌音]
  • retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)
qiàowěiba
翘尾巴
[翹尾巴]
  • to be cocky
qiàoqiàobǎn
翘翘板
[翹翹板]
  • see-saw
  • also written 蹺蹺板/跷跷板 (qiāoqiāobǎn)
sǐqiàoqiào
死翘翘
[死翹翹]
  • to die
  • to drop dead
Lín Jiāqiáo
林家翘
[林家翹]
  • Lin Chia-Chiao (1916-2013), Chinese-American physicist, astronomer and applied mathematician
qiàomǔzhǐ
翘拇指
[翹拇指]
  • to give a thumbs-up
qiàobiànzi
翘辫子
[翹辮子]
  • (coll.) to die
  • to kick the bucket
qiáozuǐyù
翘嘴鹬
[翹嘴鷸]
  • (bird species of China) Terek sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
qiáozú'érdài
翘足而待
[翹足而待]
  • to expect in a short time (idiom)
  • also pr. (qiàozú'érdài)
qiáozúyǐnlǐng
翘足引领
[翹足引領]
  • waiting on tiptoes and craning one's neck (idiom)
  • to look forward eagerly
  • to long for
  • also pr. (qiàozúyǐnlǐng)
qiàobímáyā
翘鼻麻鸭
[翹鼻麻鴨]
  • (bird species of China) common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
qiáojūqúnshǒu
翘居群首
[翹居群首]
  • head and shoulders above the crowd (idiom); preeminent
  • outstanding
qiántūhòuqiào
前凸后翘
[前凸後翹]
  • (of a woman) to have nice curves; buxom; shapely
qiào'èrlángtuǐ
翘二郎腿
[翹二郎腿]
  • to stick one leg over the other (when sitting)
qiáoshǒuyǐdài
翘首以待
[翹首以待]
  • to hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom)
  • to anxiously await