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

戳壁 chuō bì jiǎo to criticize behind sb's back; back-biting
手忙亂 shǒu máng jiǎo luàn to act with confusion; to be in a flurry; to be flustered
shǒu jiǎo hand and foot; movement of limbs; action; trick; step in a procedure (CL: 道[dao4])
不乾淨 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
抱佛 bào fó jiǎo lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet (without ever having burned incense) (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble; panic measures in place of timely preparation
拳打踢 quán dǎ jiǎo tī lit. to punch and kick (idiom); to beat up; fig. determined to sort out a problem
quán jiǎo Chinese boxing; fist and feet; punching and kicking
相向 quán jiǎo xiāng xiàng to square off; to exchange blows; to rain blows on sb
指手劃 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
指手畫 zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands; to criticize or give orders summarily
挖牆 wā qiáng jiǎo to undermine; to let someone down; to seduce someone away from something
chā jiǎo to shove in; to edge in; fig. to poke one's nose into people's business; prong
搬石頭砸自己的 bān shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo to move a stone and stub one's toe; to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
搬磚砸 bān zhuān zá jiǎo to hurt oneself by one's own doing; to boomerang; to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
搬起石頭砸自己的 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
放開手 fàng kāi shǒu jiǎo to have free rein (idiom)
敲釘鑽 qiāo dīng zuān jiǎo to make doubly sure (idiom)
旋風 xuàn fēng jiǎo whirlwind kick (martial arts)