巧

qiǎo

HSK 3freq #4427

Meanings

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qiǎo

1.opportunely
2.coincidentally
3.as it happens
4.skillful
5.timely

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Wiktionary

1.skill; technique
2.ingenious; skillful
3.hypocritical; fake; cunning
4.exquisite; elaborate
5.pretty; beautiful
6.opportune; coincidental
7.fortunately; by chance
8.cheap
9.(telegraphy) the eighteenth day of a month
10.a surname

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kʰruːʔ, *kʰruːs): semantic 工 + phonetic 丂 (OC *kʰluːʔ)

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Stroke order

Components

巧工丂

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Synonyms

便宜低廉低賤賤相因划廉平平貨平宜抵得平枯俗偏便鬆聰明伶俐聰敏聰穎機靈聰慧靈靈醒精靈醒醒目叻精參扮𠮨

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Related words

技巧 skill 巧合 coincidence 巧妙 ingenious; clever 碰巧 by chance 恰巧 by chance; as chance would have it 凑巧 fortuitously 灵巧 deft 乖巧 clever (child)缪巧 plan 精巧 elaborate 巧手 skillful hands 巧思 innovative thinking