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巧
qiǎo
1. opportunely
2. coincidentally
3. as it happens
4. skillful
5. timely
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 5 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

巧
qiǎo
skillful, ingenious, clever
HSK 4 5 丶

Compound Words (20)

不巧
bùqiǎo
too bad
乖巧
guāiqiǎo
clever (child)
偏巧
piānqiǎo
by coincidence
刚巧
gāngqiǎo
by chance
取巧
qǔqiǎo
quick fix
可巧
kěqiǎo
by happy coincidence
小巧
xiǎoqiǎo
small and exquisite
巧人
qiǎorén
Homo habilis, extinct species of upright East African hominid (Tw)
巧匠
qiǎojiàng
skilled workman
巧合
qiǎohé
coincidence
巧妙
qiǎomiào
ingenious
HSK 5
巧妇
qiǎofù
clever wife
巧家
Qiǎojiā
Qiaojia county in Zhaotong [[昭通<Zhāotōng>]], Yunnan
巧干
qiǎogàn
to work resourcefully
巧手
qiǎoshǒu
skillful hands
巧计
qiǎojì
maneuver
巧诈
qiǎozhà
deceitful
巧辩
qiǎobiàn
to argue skillfully or plausibly
恰巧
qiàqiǎo
fortunately
HSK 6
手巧
shǒuqiǎo
to be skillful with one's hands

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
1,218
Word Frequency Rank
2,843 of 84,292

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