桥 (qiáo): bridge
桥 (qiáo) is a Chinese character meaning “bridge.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 乔 (phonetic). It ranks #1284 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 桥 wood. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).
Definitions
- bridge
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 桥
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大桥noun | dà qiáo | Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, the two grea... |
| 剑桥proper-noun | jiàn qiáo | Cambridge |
| 天桥noun | tiān qiáo | overhead walkway |
| 吊桥noun | diào qiáo | drawbridge |
| 桥牌noun | qiáo pái | contract bridge (card game) |
| 桥段noun | qiáo duàn | (cinema, literature etc) scene |
| 桥头noun | qiáo tóu | either end of a bridge |
| 立交桥noun | lì jiāo qiáo | overpass |
| 独木桥noun | dú mù qiáo | single-log bridge |
| 高桥proper-noun | gāo qiáo | Takahashi (Japanese surname) |
| 桥墩noun | qiáo dūn | bridge pier |
| 高架桥noun | gāo jià qiáo | high trestle bridge |
| 桥面noun | qiáo miàn | roadway |
| 桥本proper-noun | qiáo běn | Hashimoto (Japanese surname and place name) |
| 板桥noun | bǎn qiáo | Banqiao or Panchiao city in Taiwan |
桥 appears in 100 compound words: 17 as the first character, 63 as the last, and 20 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 桥 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
the military revolt of 960 that led Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 to found the Song dynasty
to burn one's bridges; to abandon one's benefactor upon achieving one's goal
Example Sentences
这座新桥建成后，两岸居民的通勤时间缩短了一半。
Zhè zuò xīn qiáo jiànchéng hòu, liǎng'àn jūmín de tōngqín shíjiān suōduǎn le yí bàn.
After this new bridge was completed, the commuting time for residents on both sides was cut in half.
...0万职位 马惟善:今年招商引资 打造湾区桥头堡
. . . wàn zhí wèi mǎ 惟 shàn jīn nián zhāo shāng yǐn zī dǎ zào wān qū qiáo tóu bǎo
...0,000 jobs Ma Weishan: This year's investment promotion will build a bridgehead in the Bay Area
五杨高架男搭小黄情绪失控! 下车乱窜坠桥亡
wǔ yáng gāo jià nán dā xiǎo huáng qíng xù shī kòng ! xià chē luàn cuàn zhuì qiáo wáng
Man in Yellow Taxi Loses Control on Wuyang Elevated Road! Jumps Off Bridge After Getting Out of Vehicle, Dies
机车擦撞南横瓦筏哈桥护栏 骑士摔落送医仍不治
jī chē cā zhuàng nán héng wǎ 筏 hā qiáo hù lán qí shì shuāi luò sòng yī réng bù zhì
The locomotive collided with the guardrail of the Ha Bridge on the South Hengwa Raft, and the rider fell and was sent to the hospital and still died
...垂:期待“为奥运喝彩”项目组持续发挥文化桥梁作用
. . . chuí qī dài wéi ào yùn hē cǎi xiàng mù zǔ chí xù fā huī wén huà qiáo liáng zuò yòng
... Looking forward to the "Cheers to the Olympics" project team's continued role as a cultural bridge
(新春走基层)福建屏南:古桥“万安”横碧水 乡宴“..
xīn chūn zǒu jī céng fú jiàn bǐng nán gǔ qiáo wàn ān héng bì shuǐ xiāng yàn . .
(Spring Festival Grassroots Report) Pingnan, Fujian: Ancient "Wan'an" Bridge Spans Emerald Waters; Village Feasts...
那座桥是罗马人修建的。
Nà zuò qiáo shì Luómǎ rén xiūjiàn de.
The bridge was built by the Romans.
世界上的大学以剑桥最为有名 。
Shìjiè shàng de dàxué yǐ Jiànqiáo zuì wèi yǒumíng.
Cambridge is the most famous university in the world.
这座桥正被重新油漆。
Zhè zuò qiáo zhèng bèi chóngxīn yóuqī.
The bridge is being repainted.
士兵们守卫着这座桥。
Shìbīng men shǒuwèi zhe zhè zuò qiáo.
The soldiers were guarding the bridge.
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