jiǎo

leg, foot; base, leg, foundation

HSK 3 #790

DEFINITIONS

脚 jiǎo
  • foot
  • leg (of an animal or an object)
  • base (of an object)
  • CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
  • classifier for kicks
脚 jué
  • variant of 角[jue2]
  • role

STROKES

WORDS

yǐn jiǎo lead; pin (computer hardware)
树莺 qiáng jiǎo shù yīng (bird species of China) brown-flanked bush warbler (Horornis fortipes)
从头到 cóng tóu dào jiǎo from head to foot
癖 liàn jiǎo pǐ foot fetish
癖者 liàn jiǎo pǐ zhě foot fetishist
戳壁 chuō bì jiǎo to criticize behind sb's back; back-biting
不干净 shǒu jiǎo bù gān jìng thieving; light-fingered; prone to stealing
打赤 dǎ chì jiǎo to bare the feet
qiān jiǎo (dialect) pedicure; to trim one's toenails
相向 quán jiǎo xiāng xiàng to square off; to exchange blows; to rain blows on sb
指手划 zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands; to criticize or give orders summarily; also written 指手畫腳|指手画脚
chā jiǎo to shove in; to edge in; fig. to poke one's nose into people's business; prong
搬石头砸自己的 bān shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo to move a stone and stub one's toe; to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
搬砖砸 bān zhuān zá jiǎo to hurt oneself by one's own doing; to boomerang; to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
搬起石头砸自己的 bān qǐ shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom); hoisted by one's own petard
手架 dā jiǎo shǒu jià to put up scaffolding
kōu jiǎo to scratch one's foot; (fig.) to be stingy; (slang) (of a celebrity) to twiddle one's thumbs (i.e. not release any new material etc)
sā jiǎo to run off; to beat it
板 gē jiǎo bǎn footrest
物 gē jiǎo wù footrest
放开手 fàng kāi shǒu jiǎo to have free rein (idiom)
敲钉钻 qiāo dīng zuān jiǎo to make doubly sure (idiom)
旋风 xuàn fēng jiǎo whirlwind kick (martial arts)
有手有 yǒu shǒu yǒu jiǎo lit. have hands have feet; to be able bodied (idiom); to have the ability to work
柏油跟之州 bǎi yóu jiǎo gēn zhī zhōu Tar Heel state