qiāo

  1. qiāo verb to knock; to strike
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: For example, 有人敲门 'someone knocked at the door' (Lao She, 2003, p. 174; CC-CEDICT '敲'; Guoyu '敲' v 1; Kroll 2015 '敲' 1, p. 364; Mathews 1931 '敲', p. 100; Unihan '敲')
  2. qiāo verb to extort; to cheat
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, 敲詐 (Guoyu '敲' v 3)
  3. qiāo verb to examine; to consider
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 推究 (Guoyu '敲' v 2)
  4. qiāo noun a club; a short stick
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '敲' n; Kroll 2015 '敲' 1, p. 364; Mathews 1931 '敲', p. 100)

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