| 翘 | |||
| turn up, lift, elevate, raise | |||
| Radical | 羽羽 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 6 | Total Strokes | 12 |
| Mandarin reading |
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Cantonese reading | kiu4 |
| Japanese on reading | Japanese kun reading | ||
| Korean reading | Vietnamese reading | ||
| Traditional Variant(s) | 翹 | turn up, lift, elevate, raise | |
| 翘 | [ ] outstanding, to raise |
| 翘 | [ ] to stick up, to rise on one end, to tilt |
| 翘二郎腿 | [ èr láng tuǐ ] to stick one leg over the other (when sitting) |
| 翘企 | [ qǐ ] to look forward eagerly, to long for |
| 翘嘴鹬 | [ zuǐ yù ] (bird species of China) Terek sandpiper (Xenus cinereus) |
| 翘尾巴 | [ weǐ ba ] to be cocky |
| 翘居群首 | [ jū qún shoǔ ] head and shoulders above the crowd (idiom); preeminent, outstanding |
| 翘拇指 | [ mǔ zhǐ ] to give a thumbs-up |
| 翘曲 | [ qū ] to warp, to bend, fig. distorted opinion, prejudice |
| 翘望 | [ wàng ] to raise one's head and look into the distance, fig. to forward to, to long for |
| 翘材 | [ caí ] outstanding talent |
| 翘板 | [ bǎn ] a see-saw |
| 翘楚 | [ chǔ ] person of outstanding talent |
| 翘班 | [ bān ] to skip work, to sneak out of work early |
| 翘盼 | [ pàn ] to long for, eager for |
| 翘硬 | [ yìng ] hard, erect, to be in erection |
| 翘棱 | [ leng ] to warp, to bend |
| 翘翘板 | [ bǎn ] see-saw, also written 蹺蹺板|跷跷板[qiao1 qiao1 ban3] |
| 翘舌音 | [ shé yīn ] retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r) |
| 翘课 | [ kè ] to skip school, to cut class |
| 翘起 | [ qǐ ] to stick up, to point sth up |
| 翘足 | [ zú ] lit. on tiptoes, to look forward eagerly, to long for |
| 翘足引领 | [ zú yǐn lǐng ] waiting on tiptoes and craning one's neck (idiom), to look forward eagerly, to long for, also pr. [qiao4 zu2 yin3 ling3] |
| 翘足而待 | [ zú ér daì ] to expect in a short time (idiom), also pr. [qiao4 zu2 er2 dai4] |
| 翘辫子 | [ biàn zi ] (coll.) to die, to kick the bucket |
| 翘首 | [ shoǔ ] to raise one's head and look |
| 翘首以待 | [ shoǔ yǐ daì ] to hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom), to anxiously await |
| 翘鼻麻鸭 | [ bí má yā ] (bird species of China) common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) |
| ⇒ 前凸后翘 | [ qián tū hoù ] (of a woman) to have nice curves, buxom, shapely |
| ⇒ 林家翘 | [ lín jiā ] Lin Chia-Chiao (1916-2013), Chinese-American physicist, astronomer and applied mathematician |
| ⇒ 死翘翘 | [ sǐ ] to die, to drop dead |
| ⇒ 死翘翘 | [ sǐ ] to die, to drop dead |
| ⇒ 翘翘板 | [ bǎn ] see-saw, also written 蹺蹺板|跷跷板[qiao1 qiao1 ban3] |
| ⇒ 连翘 | [ lián ] Forsythia |