Chinese Word: 敲 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

敲HSK 4

Pinyin: qiāo
English Definition: to hit; to strike; to tap; to rap; to knock; to rip sb off; to overcharge
Chinese Definition:
①打，击：敲打。敲击。敲诈。敲边鼓(喻从旁帮人说话)。敲门砖。敲骨吸髓。旁敲侧击。

Total strokes: 14; Radical: 攵

Pictophonetic: 高 indicates the sound; 攴 (strike) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 高 [ gāo ] tall, lofty; high, elevated
- 攴 [ pū ] to rap, to tap

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Example Words:

敲打 [ qiāo dǎ ]: to beat sb; to beat (a drum)

敲击 [ qiāo jī ]: to pound; to rap

敲诈 [ qiāo zhà ]: to rip off; to extort (money); extortion; blackmail

敲定 [ qiāo dìng ]: to come to a decision; to fix on (a date etc); to determine; to finalize; to nail down (a deal etc)

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Example Sentences

jiù
就
zài
在
zhè shí
这时
tā
她
de
的
zhàng fu
丈夫
zhèng hǎo
正好
huí lai
回来
qiāo
敲
kāi fáng
开房
mén
门

。

At that point her husband happened to knock on the door.
dāng
当
wǒ
我
qiāo
敲
nǐ men
你们
jiā mén
家门
nǐ
你
bù
不
dā ying
答应
shí
时

，
wǒ
我
jiù
就
huì
会
cóng
从
mén kǒu
门口
jìn qù
进去
le
了

。

If you don’t answer when I knock, I try the door.
wǒ men
我们
jiǎn chá
检查
le
了
míng dān
名单
shàng
上
de
的
měi
每
yí gè
一个
míng zi
名字

，
qiāo
敲
le
了
wǒ men
我们
néng
能
zhǎo dào
找到
de
的
měi yī
每一
shān
扇
mén
门

。

We knocked on every door we could find and checked off every name on our list.
wǒ
我
yǐ jīng
已经
qiāo
敲
guò
过
le
了

。

I have knocked.
tā
他
qiāo
敲
le
了
nà
那
jiān
间
jiù
旧
fáng zi
房子
de
的
mén
门

，
bìng bǎ
并把
tā
他
kàn dào
看到
de
的
yí qiè
一切
dōu
都
gào su
告诉
le
了
lái
来
kāi mén
开门
de
的
nà ge
那个
nóng cháng zhǔ
农场主

。

He knocked at the door and when the farmer answered he told him what he had just seen.

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