敲
qiāo
Pinyin

Definition

敲
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qiāo
  1. to hit
  2. to strike
  3. to tap
  4. to rap
  5. to knock
  6. to rip sb off
  7. to overcharge

Character Decomposition

Related Words (17)

敲
qiāo
  1. 1 to hit
  2. 2 to strike
  3. 3 to tap
  4. 4 to rap
  5. 5 to knock
  6. 6 to rip sb off
  7. 7 to overcharge
敲门
qiāo mén
  1. 1 to knock on a door
推敲
tuī qiāo
  1. 1 to think over
敲定
qiāo dìng
  1. 1 to come to a decision
  2. 2 to fix on (a date etc)
  3. 3 to determine
  4. 4 to finalize
  5. 5 to nail down (a deal etc)
敲打
qiāo dǎ
  1. 1 to beat sb
  2. 2 to beat (a drum)

Idioms (6)

敲诈勒索
qiāo zhà lè suǒ
  1. 1 extortion and blackmail (idiom)
敲钉钻脚
qiāo dīng zuān jiǎo
  1. 1 to make doubly sure (idiom)
敲门砖
qiāo mén zhuān
  1. 1 lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient
  2. 2 to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune
旁敲侧击
páng qiāo cè jī
  1. 1 to make insinuations
  2. 2 to take an indirect approach (in making inquiries) (idiom)
零打碎敲
líng dǎ suì qiāo
  1. 1 to do things in bits and pieces (idiom); piecemeal work

Sample Sentences

西南地区相当于咱们公司进军全国的敲门砖呀，这确实是关键举措。
xīnán dìqū xiāngdāngyú zánmen gōngsī jìnjūn quánguó de qiāoménzhuān ya ，zhè quèshí shì guānjiàn jǔcuò 。
The southwest region is equivalent to a stepping stone for our company to enter the entire market. This is indeed a key measure.
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不过，也有不少人吐槽这部电影，觉得有些细节经不起推敲
bùguò ，yě yǒu bùshǎo rén tǔcáo zhè bù diànyǐng ，juéde yǒuxiē xìjié jīngbuqǐ tuīqiāo
However there were also many people who gave negative comments about this movie as they felt some details do not stand up to scrutiny.
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那就便宜多了，白萝卜一斤五角。你看这根，屁股圆圆大大，肯定好吃，你自己用手指敲敲看。
nā jiù piányi duō le ，báiluóbo yī jīn wǔ jiǎo 。nǐ kàn zhè gēn ，pìgu Yuányuan dàdà ，kěndìng hǎochī ，nǐzìjǐ yòng shǒuzhǐ qiāo qiāo kàn 。
That's much cheaper. White radishes are RMB0.50 for half a kilogram. Look at this one, a nice big round rump on it, it's certain to be tasty, tap it with your finger to see.
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客人敲敲萝卜）
kèrén qiāo qiāo luóbo ）
(The customer taps the radish)
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我敲了门，可是她不在家。
wǒ qiāo le mén ，kěshì tā bù zài jiā 。
I knocked, but she wasn’t home.
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渔夫听了他的话，微微地笑了笑，划起船来，边敲船身边唱歌。
yúfū tīng le tā de huà ，wēiwēi de xiào le xiào ，huá qǐ chuán lái ，biān qiāo chuánshēn biān chànggē 。
After the fisherman listened to what he had said, he smiled gently and started rowing his boat. He tapped his boat and started singing.
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有人敲诈我。
yǒurén qiāozhà wǒ 。
Somebody is blackmailing me.
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谁敢敲诈你？你把事儿说清楚。
shéi gǎn qiāozhà nǐ ？nǐ bǎ shìr shuō qīngchu 。
Who would dare to blackmail you? Tell me exactly what's going on.
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谁啊？大半夜的，敲什么门啊？吵死了。
shéi a ？dàbànyè de ，qiāo shénme mén a ？chǎo sǐ le 。
Who is it? It's the middle of the night. Why are they banging on the door? It's so annoying.
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急促的敲门声……）
jícù de qiāomén shēng ……）
(Urgent knocking at the door...)
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