Keyword
outstanding
- to elevate
- to lift
- to raise
- Frequency
- #2150
- Strokes
- 12
Readings
qiào
Mnemonic
羽 (wings) gives the meaning and 尧 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
翘
outstanding; to raise
翘
to stick up; to rise on one end; to tilt
翘楚
person of outstanding talent
连翘
Forsythia
翘首
to raise one's head and look
翘起
to stick up; to point sth up
翘辫子
(coll.) to die; to kick the bucket
翘首以待
to hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom); to anxiously await
翘曲
to warp; to bend; fig. distorted opinion; prejudice
翘课
to skip school; to cut class
翘班
to skip work; to sneak out of work early
翘尾巴
to be cocky
翘板
a see-saw
死翘翘
to die; to drop dead
翘舌音
retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)
林家翘
Lin Chia-Chiao (1916-2013), Chinese-American physicist, astronomer and applied mathematician