Keyword
opportunely
- skillful
- ingenious
- clever
- Frequency
- #1390
- Strokes
- 5
Readings
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Mnemonic
工 (work) gives the meaning and 丂 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
技巧
skill; technique
巧克力
(loanword) chocolate
巧合
coincidence; coincidental; to coincide
巧妙
ingenious; clever; ingenuity; artifice
巧
opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely
精巧
elaborate
碰巧
by chance; by coincidence; to happen to
恰巧
by chance; as chance would have it
灵巧
deft; nimble; ingenious
小巧
small and exquisite; delicate; fine (features); compact; nifty
轻巧
dexterous; deft; easy; light and easy to use; nimble; agile; lithe; graceful
乖巧
clever (child); smart; lovable; cute
花言巧语
graceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words; cheating wheedling; dishonest rhetoric
刚巧
by chance; by coincidence; by good luck
凑巧
fortuitously; luckily; as chance has it
正巧
just by chance; to happen to (just at the right time); opportune
不巧
too bad; unfortunately; as luck would have it
弄巧成拙
to overreach oneself; to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face
巧思
innovative thinking; ingenuity
机巧
cunning; dexterous; ingenious
投机取巧
to gain advantage by any means, fair or foul; to be opportunistic; to be full of tricks
取巧
quick fix; opportune short cut (around a difficulty); cheap trick (to get what one wants); to pull a fast one
巧手
skillful hands; dexterous; a dab hand
巧匠
skilled workman