桥

Traditional (Taiwan): 橋

On the HSK 4 vocabulary list, at CEFR level B1.

qiáo ㄑㄧㄠˊ

    • bridge

Classifiers (measure words)

Usually

  • 一座桥 zuò one bridge (as a structure)
  • 一条桥 tiáo one bridge (as a long crossing)

Less often

Other words read qiáo

In the same tone

  • 瞧 qiáo look at
  • 侨 qiáo emigrant
  • 乔 qiáo tall
  • 翘 qiáo outstanding
  • 樵 qiáo firewood

All 11 words read qiáo

qiao with other tones

  • 壳 qiào shell
  • 敲 qiāo hit
  • 巧 qiǎo opportunely
  • 鞘 qiào scabbard
  • 撬 qiào lift

All 32 words read qiao in any tone

How 桥 is written

    部首 radical
    木
    笔画 strokes
    10, with 6 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    木乔
    形旁 meaning
    木
    声旁 sound
    乔

    Words with 桥

    Starting with 桥

    All 17 words starting with 桥

    Ending with 桥

    • 大桥 dàqiáo Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三国演义 sānguóyǎnyì, the two great beauties of ancient China
    • 路桥 lùqiáo road bridge
    • 天桥 tiānqiáo overhead walkway
    • 引桥 yǐnqiáo bridge approach
    • 架桥 jiàqiáo bridge

    All 54 words ending with 桥

    Containing 桥

    • 剑桥大学 jiànqiáodàxué University of Cambridge
    • 卢沟桥事变 lúgōuqiáoshìbiàn Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日战争 kàngrìzhànzhēng
    • 虹桥机场 hóngqiáojīchǎng Hongqiao Airport
    • 小桥流水 xiǎoqiáoliúshuǐ small bridge over a flowing stream
    • 过桥米线 guòqiáomǐxiàn rice noodle soup from Yunnan province

    All 26 words containing 桥

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