jiǎo

foot; base, leg, foundation

DEFINITIONS

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

WORDS

一步一個印 yī bù yī gè jiǎo yìn one step, one footprint (idiom); steady progress; reliable
七手八 qī shǒu bā jiǎo (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
兩步 sān jiǎo liǎng bù hurriedly; just a few steps away
架 sān jiǎo jià tripod; derrick crane
貓 sān jiǎo māo jack of all trades
料 xià jiǎo liào remnants of material from an industrial process; offcut; scraps
zhù jiǎo (old) to halt; to stop
xiū jiǎo pedicure
師 xiū jiǎo shī pedicurist
做手 zuò shǒu jiǎo to defraud; to rig up (a scam)
guāng jiǎo bare feet
的不怕穿鞋的 guāng jiǎo de bù pà chuān xié de lit. the barefooted people are not afraid of those who wear shoes (idiom); fig. the poor, who have nothing to lose, do not fear those in power
內八字 nèi bā zì jiǎo intoeing; pigeon toes; knock-knees
架 liǎng jiǎo jià bipod (supporting a machine gun etc)
八字 bā zì jiǎo splayfoot
liù jiǎo Liujiao or Liuchiao township in Chiayi county 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 xian4], west Taiwan
鄉 liù jiǎo xiāng Liujiao or Liuchiao township in Chiayi county 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 xian4], west Taiwan
qián jiǎo one moment ..., (the next ...); leading foot (in walking)
動手動 dòng shǒu dòng jiǎo to come to blows; to paw; to grope; to get fresh
動手 dòng shǒu jiǎo (coll.) to tamper with; to mess around with
hé jiǎo fitting one's feet (of shoes or socks)
跳 dān jiǎo tiào to hop; to jump on one leg
朝天 sì jiǎo cháo tiān four legs facing the sky (idiom); flat on one's back
蛇 sì jiǎo shé lizard; common spoken equivalent of 蜥蜴[xi1 yi4]
dì jiǎo (page) footer; (dialect) foundation (of a building); base
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