巧 qiǎo

skillful, ingenious, clever

HSK 4 #1219

DEFINITIONS

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

STROKES

WORDS

手巧 shǒu qiǎo to be skillful with one's hands; to be manually adroit
七巧板 qī qiǎo bǎn tangram (traditional Chinese block puzzle)
偏巧 piān qiǎo by coincidence; it so happened that; fortunately; against expectation
巧计 qiǎo jì maneuver; scheme
取巧 qǔ qiǎo quick fix; opportune short cut (around a difficulty); cheap trick (to get what one wants); to pull a fast one
巧匠 qiǎo jiàng skilled workman
巧思 qiǎo sī innovative thinking; ingenuity
巧辩 qiǎo biàn to argue skillfully or plausibly; rhetoric
不凑巧 bù còu qiǎo unluckily
不湊巧 bù còu qiǎo unluckily
来得早不如来得巧 lái de zǎo bù rú lái de qiǎo arriving early can't beat coming at the right time; perfect timing
來得早不如來得巧 lái de zǎo bù rú lái de qiǎo arriving early can't beat coming at the right time; perfect timing
剛巧 gāng qiǎo by chance; by coincidence; by good luck
可巧 kě qiǎo by happy coincidence
小巧玲瓏 xiǎo qiǎo líng lóng dainty and delicate; exquisite
巧人 qiǎo rén Homo habilis, extinct species of upright East African hominid (Tw)
巧克力脆片 qiǎo kè lì cuì piàn chocolate chip
巧固球 qiǎo gù qiú tchoukball (loanword)
巧婦 qiǎo fù clever wife; ingenious housewife; Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
巧妇难为无米之炊 qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.
巧婦難為無米之炊 qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.
巧家 qiǎo jiā Qiaojia county in Zhaotong 昭通[Zhao1 tong1], Yunnan
巧家县 qiǎo jiā xiàn Qiaojia county in Zhaotong 昭通[Zhao1 tong1], Yunnan
巧家縣 qiǎo jiā xiàn Qiaojia county in Zhaotong 昭通[Zhao1 tong1], Yunnan
巧干 qiǎo gàn to work resourcefully; to apply intelligence
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