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Keyword
bridge
  • beam
  • crosspiece
Frequency
#1145
Strokes
10
Readings
qiáo100%
Mnemonic
木 (wood) gives the meaning and 乔 the sound.
Stroke order
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Used in vocabulary
桥qiáo
bridge
大桥DàQiáo
Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三国演义 (SānguóYǎnyì), the two great beauties of ancient China
桥梁qiáoliáng
bridge (lit. and fig.)
天桥Tiānqiáo
Tianqiao district of Jinan city 济南市 (Jǐnánshì), Shandong; Tianqiao district in Beijing, formerly a center of folk culture
剑桥大学JiànqiáoDàxué
University of Cambridge
虹桥hóngqiáo
arched bridge
桥面qiáomiàn
roadway; floor; deck; bridge floor
桥段qiáoduàn
(cinema, literature etc) scene; trope; plot device; (songwriting) bridge
高桥Gāoqiáo
Takahashi (Japanese surname)
桥本Qiáoběn
Hashimoto (Japanese surname and place name)
桥头qiáotóu
either end of a bridge; a bridgehead
桥牌qiáopái
contract bridge (card game)
路桥lùqiáo
road bridge
小桥XiǎoQiáo
Xiao Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三国演义 (SānguóYǎnyì), the two great beauties of ancient China
吊桥diàoqiáo
drawbridge; suspension bridge
板桥Bǎnqiáo
Banqiao or Panchiao city in Taiwan
桥墩qiáodūn
bridge pier
立交桥lìjiāoqiáo
overpass; flyover
张春桥ZhāngChūnqiáo
Zhang Chunqiao (1917-2005), one of the Gang of Four
高架桥gāojiàqiáo
high trestle bridge; viaduct; flyover
桥头堡qiáotóubǎo
bridgehead (military); stronghold serving as a base for advancing further into enemy territory; bridge tower (ornamental structure at either end of a bridge); (fig.) gateway (place that provides access to other places beyond it); bridgehead (key location serving as a base for further expansion)
浮桥fúqiáo
pontoon bridge
卢沟桥LúgōuQiáo
Lugou Bridge or Marco Polo Bridge in southwest of Beijing, the scene of a conflict that marked the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日战争 (KàngRìZhànzhēng)