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

bié jiǎo inferior; shoddy; lousy; lame
dēng jiǎo to stamp one's foot; to kick
躡手躡 niè shǒu niè jiǎo to walk quietly on tiptoe (idiom)
niè jiǎo to walk cautiously in order not to make noise
根 niè jiǎo gēn variant of 躡腳跟|蹑脚跟[nie4 jiao3 gen1]
跟 niè jiǎo gēn to walk cautiously in order not to make noise
躡著 niè zhe jiǎo to tiptoe
蝦 ruǎn jiǎo xiā weakling; coward
蟹 ruǎn jiǎo xiè same as 軟腳蝦|软脚虾[ruan3 jiao3 xia1]
輕手輕 qīng shǒu qīng jiǎo (to move or do sth) softly and quietly (idiom)
lún jiǎo caster (furniture wheel)
yùn jiǎo freight charge
秧雞 cháng jiǎo yāng jī (bird species of China) corn crake (Crex crex)
shuāng jiǎo two legs; both feet
架 shuāng jiǎo jià bipod (supporting a machine gun etc)
jī jiǎo chicken feet
露出馬 lù chū mǎ jiǎo to reveal the cloven foot (idiom); to unmask one's true nature; to give the game away
露馬 lòu mǎ jiǎo to reveal the cloven foot (idiom); to unmask one's true nature; to give the game away
濱鷸 qīng jiǎo bīn yù (bird species of China) Temminck's stint (Calidris temminckii)
鷸 qīng jiǎo yù (bird species of China) common greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
yùn jiǎo rhyming word ending a line of verse; rhyme
頭痛醫頭,痛醫 tóu tòng yī tóu , jiǎo tòng yī jiǎo to treat the symptoms rather than getting to the root of the problem (proverb); reactive (rather than proactive)
頭重輕 tóu zhòng jiǎo qīng top-heavy; fig. unbalance in organization or political structure
香港 xiāng gǎng jiǎo athlete's foot
mǎ jiǎo sth one wishes to conceal; the cat (as in "let the cat out of the bag")