跷 (qiāo): to raise one's foot
跷 (qiāo) is a Chinese character meaning “to raise one's foot.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 足 (semantic) and 尧 (phonetic). It ranks #3121 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 跷 foot. Its radical form 足 (foot) appears in many related characters such as 足 (zú, foot), 跑 (pǎo, to run), 路 (lù, road).
Definitions
- to raise one's foot
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蹊跷adjective | qī qiāo | odd |
| 跷跷板noun | qiāo qiāo bǎn | see-saw |
| 高跷noun | gāo qiāo | stilts |
| 踩高跷verb | cǎi gāo qiāo | to walk on stilts |
| 跷家verb | qiāo jiā | to run away from home |
| 高跷鹬 | gāo qiāo yù | (bird species of China) stilt sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) |
| 按跷 | àn qiāo | (old) massage |
| 跷班 | qiāo bān | see 翹班|翘班 |
| 跷课 | qiāo kè | to skip class |
跷 appears in 9 compound words: 44 as the first character, 44 as the last, and 11 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 跷 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
这个跷字在古汉语中有不同的含义。
zhè gè qiāo zì zài gǔ hàn yǔ zhōng yǒu bù tóng de hán yì .
In Classical Chinese, the character "跷" has different meanings.
但自那以后，刘欢发现自己的右腿，渐渐没法跷二郎腿。
dàn zì nà yǐ hòu , liú huān fā xiàn zì jǐ de yòu tuǐ , jiàn jiàn méi fǎ qiāo èr láng tuǐ .
But since then, Liu Huan has found that he can no longer cross his right leg over the other.
用完之后压回机背，平放在桌面不会变成“跷跷板”，并且也能轻松放进口袋。
yòng wán zhī hòu yā huí jī bèi , píng fàng zài zhuō miàn bù huì biàn chéng qiāo qiāo bǎn , bìng qiě yě néng qīng sōng fàng jìn kǒu dài .
After use, press it back against the back of the device—it won’t act like a “see-saw” when placed flat on a table, and it fits easily into your pocket.
Character Family
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