巧 qiǎo

skillful, ingenious, clever

HSK 4 #1219

DEFINITIONS

  • skillful, ingenious, clever
  • opportunely
  • coincidentally
  • as it happens
  • skillful
  • timely

STROKES

巧 stroke order diagram
巧 stroke order animation

WORDS

巧克力 qiǎo kè lì
HSK 4
chocolate (loanword); CL:塊|块[kuai4]
巧妙 qiǎo miào
HSK 5
ingenious; clever; ingenuity; artifice
技巧 jì qiǎo
HSK 6
skill; technique
恰巧 qià qiǎo
HSK 6
fortunately; unexpectedly; by coincidence
巧合 qiǎo hé coincidence; coincidental; to coincide
碰巧 pèng qiǎo by chance; by coincidence; to happen to
凑巧 còu qiǎo fortuitously; luckily; as chance has it
正巧 zhèng qiǎo just by chance; to happen to (just at the right time); opportune
不巧 bù qiǎo too bad; unfortunately; as luck would have it
小巧 xiǎo qiǎo small and exquisite; delicate; fine (features); compact; nifty
轻巧 qīng qiǎo dexterous; deft; easy; light and easy to use; nimble; agile; lithe; graceful
精巧 jīng qiǎo elaborate
灵巧 líng qiǎo deft; nimble; ingenious
刚巧 gāng qiǎo by chance; by coincidence; by good luck
熟能生巧 shú néng shēng qiǎo with familiarity you learn the trick (idiom); practice makes perfect
投机取巧 tóu jī qǔ qiǎo to seize every opportunity; to be full of tricks
乖巧 guāi qiǎo clever (child); smart; lovable; cute
弄巧成拙 nòng qiǎo chéng zhuō to overreach oneself; to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face
巧舌如簧 qiǎo shé rú huáng lit. to have a tongue like a reed (idiom); fig. to have a glib tongue
巧手 qiǎo shǒu skillful hands; dexterous; a dab hand
巧妇 qiǎo fù clever wife; ingenious housewife; Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
心灵手巧 xīn líng shǒu qiǎo capable; clever; dexterous
花言巧语 huā yán qiǎo yǔ graceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words; cheating wheedling; dishonest rhetoric
讨巧 tǎo qiǎo to act cleverly to get what one desires; to get the best at least expense
小巧玲珑 xiǎo qiǎo líng lóng dainty and delicate; exquisite
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