瞧 (qiáo): to look at
瞧 (qiáo) is a Chinese character meaning “to look at.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 目 (semantic) and 焦 (phonetic). It ranks #1541 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 瞧 eye. Its radical form 目 (eye) appears in many related characters such as 看 (kàn, to look, to see), 真 (zhēn, really), 着 (zhe, -ing, to wear).
Definitions
- to look at
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 走着瞧verb | zǒu zhe qiáo | wait and see (who is right) |
| 瞧见verb | qiáo jiàn | to see |
| 瞧不起verb | qiáo bù qǐ | to look down upon |
| 等着瞧phrase | děng zhe qiáo | wait and see (who is right) |
| 瞧着办 | qiáo zhe bàn | to do as one sees fit |
| 小瞧verb | xiǎo qiáo | (coll.) to look down on |
| 吃着碗里，瞧着锅里 | chī zhe wǎn lǐ , qiáo zhe guō lǐ | see 吃著碗裡，看著鍋裡|吃着碗里，看着锅里 |
| 东瞧西瞅 | dōng qiáo xī chǒu | see 東張西望|东张西望 |
瞧 appears in 8 compound words: 38 as the first character, 38 as the last, and 25 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 瞧 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
你瞧，那边有人在排队，我们也过去看看吧。
Nǐ qiáo, nà biān yǒu rén zài páiduì, wǒmen yě guòqu kànkan ba.
Look, there are people lining up over there; let's go take a look too.
过后，小姨瞧着我，眼神像看穿了我似的，说我小气。
guò hòu , xiǎo yí qiáo zhe wǒ , yǎn shén xiàng kàn chuān le wǒ sì de , shuō wǒ xiǎo qì .
Afterward, my aunt looked at me with a gaze that seemed to see right through me and said I was stingy.
瞧这三层手键盘，各管一片音域。
qiáo zhè sān céng shǒu jiàn pán , gè guǎn yī piàn yīn yù .
Check out this three-tiered keyboard—each tier covers a different pitch range.
那人连瞧也不瞧她一眼就走过了。
Nà rén lián qiáo yě bù qiáo tā yīyǎn jiù zǒuguò le.
The man passed by without so much as glancing at her.
他有瞧不起有色人种的习惯。
Tā yǒu qiáobùqǐ yǒusèrénzhǒng de xíguàn.
He has a habit of looking down on coloured people.
我刚才瞧了一眼，一点没意思。
Wǒ gāngcái qiáo le yīyǎn, yīdiǎn méiyìsi.
I just had a quick look. It wasn't interesting at all.
富人往往瞧不起穷人。
Fùrén wǎngwǎng qiáobùqǐ qióngrén.
The rich are apt to look down upon the poor.
她很瞧不起我，认为我没有幽默细胞。
Tā hěn qiáobùqǐ wǒ, rènwéi wǒ méiyǒu yōumò xìbāo.
She looks down on me for not having a sense of humor.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 目 (eye) component
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