| 翹 | |||
| turn up, lift, elevate, raise | |||
| Radical | 羽羽 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 12 | Total Strokes | 18 |
| Mandarin reading |
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Cantonese reading | kiu4 |
| Japanese on reading | gyou | Japanese kun reading | tsumadateru ageru |
| Korean reading | kyo | Vietnamese reading | |
| Simplified Variant(s) | 翘 | ||
| 翹 | [ ] outstanding, to raise |
| 翹 | [ ] to stick up, to rise on one end, to tilt |
| 翹二郎腿 | [ èr láng tuǐ ] to stick one leg over the other (when sitting) |
| 翹企 | [ qǐ ] to look forward eagerly, to long for |
| 翹嘴鷸 | [ zuǐ yù ] (bird species of China) Terek sandpiper (Xenus cinereus) |
| 翹尾巴 | [ weǐ ba ] to be cocky |
| 翹居群首 | [ jū qún shoǔ ] head and shoulders above the crowd (idiom); preeminent, outstanding |
| 翹拇指 | [ mǔ zhǐ ] to give a thumbs-up |
| 翹曲 | [ qū ] to warp, to bend, fig. distorted opinion, prejudice |
| 翹望 | [ wàng ] to raise one's head and look into the distance, fig. to forward to, to long for |
| 翹材 | [ caí ] outstanding talent |
| 翹板 | [ bǎn ] a see-saw |
| 翹楚 | [ chǔ ] person of outstanding talent |
| 翹班 | [ bān ] to skip work, to sneak out of work early |
| 翹盼 | [ pàn ] to long for, eager for |
| 翹硬 | [ yìng ] hard, erect, to be in erection |
| 翹稜 | [ leng ] to warp, to bend |
| 翹翹板 | [ bǎn ] see-saw, also written 蹺蹺板|跷跷板[qiao1 qiao1 ban3] |
| 翹舌音 | [ shé yīn ] retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r) |
| 翹課 | [ kè ] to skip school, to cut class |
| 翹起 | [ qǐ ] to stick up, to point sth up |
| 翹足 | [ zú ] lit. on tiptoes, to look forward eagerly, to long for |
| 翹足引領 | [ 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] |
| 翹足而待 | [ zú ér daì ] to expect in a short time (idiom), also pr. [qiao4 zu2 er2 dai4] |
| 翹辮子 | [ biàn zi ] (coll.) to die, to kick the bucket |
| 翹首 | [ shoǔ ] to raise one's head and look |
| 翹首以待 | [ shoǔ yǐ daì ] to hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom), to anxiously await |
| 翹鼻麻鴨 | [ bí má yā ] (bird species of China) common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) |
| ⇒ 前凸後翹 | [ qián tū hoù ] (of a woman) to have nice curves, buxom, shapely |
| ⇒ 林家翹 | [ lín jiā ] Lin Chia-Chiao (1916-2013), Chinese-American physicist, astronomer and applied mathematician |
| ⇒ 死翹翹 | [ sǐ ] to die, to drop dead |
| ⇒ 死翹翹 | [ sǐ ] to die, to drop dead |
| ⇒ 翹翹板 | [ bǎn ] see-saw, also written 蹺蹺板|跷跷板[qiao1 qiao1 ban3] |
| ⇒ 連翹 | [ lián ] Forsythia |