俏 (qiào): good-looking, charming, (of goods) in great demand
俏 (qiào) is a Chinese character meaning “good-looking.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亻 (structural) and 肖 (structural). It ranks #2682 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 俏 a similar 肖 person 亻; 肖 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 亻 (person) appears in many related characters such as 人 (rén, person), 什 (shén, what), 今 (jīn, now).
Definitions
- good-looking
- charming
- (of goods) in great demand
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA similar 肖 person 亻; 肖 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿰亻肖 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 俏皮话 | qiào pi huà | witticism |
| 俏皮 | qiào pi | smart |
| 俊俏 | jùn qiào | attractive and intelligent |
| 俏丽 | qiào lì | handsome |
| 老来俏 | lǎo lái qiào | old person who dresses up as teenager |
| 打情骂俏 | dǎ qíng mà qiào | to banter flirtatiously (idiom) |
| 俏美 | qiào měi | charming |
| 走俏 | zǒu qiào | (a product) sells well |
| 花俏 | huā qiào | fancy |
| 紧俏 | jǐn qiào | (merchandise) in high demand |
| 讨俏 | tǎo qiào | deliberately provocative |
| 俏货 | qiào huò | goods that sell well |
俏 appears in 12 compound words: 42 as the first character, 58 as the last, and 0 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 俏 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
这位老俏虽然年过八旬，但身体依然硬朗。
zhè wèi lǎo qiào suī rán nián guò bā xún , dàn shēn tī yī rán yìng lǎng .
Though past eighty, this sprightly old man remains in robust health.
算力太紧俏!英伟达四年前发布的H100租赁费用近半...
suàn lì tài jǐn qiào ! yīng wěi dá sì nián qián fā bù de H 1 0 0 zū lìn fèi yòng jìn bàn . . .
量子电脑前景看俏 仁宝、金宝跟着辉达抢市
liàng zǐ diàn nǎo qián jǐng kàn qiào rén bǎo , jīn bǎo gēn zhe huī dá qiǎng shì
...登板大涨40% 上下游整合奏效营运前景看俏
. . . dēng bǎn dà zhǎng 4 0 shàng xià yóu zhěng gě zòu xiào yíng yùn qián jǐng kàn qiào
...Shares Soared 40% on Market Debut; Upstream-Downstream Integration Proves Effective, with Bright Operational Outlook
Character Family
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