敲 qiāo
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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') -
qiāo
verb
to extort; to cheat
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 敲詐 (Guoyu '敲' v 3) -
qiāo
verb
to examine; to consider
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 推究 (Guoyu '敲' v 2) -
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)
Contained in
- 敲打锣鼓(敲打鑼鼓) to beat a gong/ to irritate somebody; a provocation
- 零敲碎打 to do things in bits and pieces; piecemeal work
- 敲竹杠(敲竹槓) to extort by taking advantage of a weakness
- 敲入 to key in; to input
- 敲榨 to press (fruit)
- 敲小背 to be masturbated by a prostitute
- 敲钉钻脚(敲釘鑽腳) to make doubly sure
- 敲山震虎 a deliberate show of strength as a warning
- 旁敲侧击(旁敲側擊) to make insinuations; to take an indirect approach (in making inquiries)
- 敲钟(敲鐘) to sound a bell; to chime
- 敲击(敲擊) to pound; to rap
- 戛玉敲金 jade striking gold
- 敲敲打打 continual tapping; to provoke with words
- 平生不做亏心事,半夜敲门心不惊(平生不做虧心事,半夜敲門心不驚) He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night. / Rest with a clear conscience.
- 敲响(敲響) to sound a bell; to raise the alarm
- 敲背 back-knocking massage
- 不做亏心事,不怕鬼敲门(不做虧心事,不怕鬼敲門) He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night.; Rest with a clear conscience
- 敲更 beat a sound for the change in night watch
- 敲大背 to have sex with a prostitute
- 推敲 to deliberate; to consider
- 敲门(敲門) to knock on a door
- 敲诈罪(敲詐罪) extortion
- 敲打 to strike; to hammer; to beat
- 敲棋 to play go; to ponder
- 敲诈(敲詐) to extort; to blackmail
- 敲乐(敲樂) beat a rhythm
- 敲锣(敲鑼) to beat a gong
- 敲诈勒索(敲詐勒索) extortion and blackmail
- 敲鼓 to beat a drum
- 敲冰煮茗 make tea with ice cubes; a guest arriving in winter
- 敲丧钟(敲喪鐘) a knell
- 敲边鼓(敲邊鼓) to back somebody up; to support somebody in an argument; ( to beat nearby drum)
- 戛玉敲冰 jade striking ice
- 敲开(敲開) to get open by tapping or striking it; to open the door to; to gain access to
- 敲定 to come to a decision; to fix on (a date etc); to determine; to finalize; to nail down (a deal etc)
- 零打碎敲 to do things in bits and pieces; piecemeal work
- 敲经念佛(敲經念佛) beat a rhythm and recite Buddhist chants
- 敲中背 to receive oral sex from a prostitute
Also contained in
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第四十五回 Chapter 45 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 12
- 第七十回 Chapter 70 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 5
- 第二十四回 Chapter 24 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 5
- 第七十四回 Chapter 74 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 5
- 卷五十一 Scroll 51 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 3
- 第四回 Chapter 4 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3
- 第四十四回 Chapter 44 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
- 第二十五回 Chapter 25 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
- 第六十六回 Chapter 66 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
- 第二十六回 Chapter 26 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
Collocations
- 敲扑 (敲撲) 執敲扑以鞭笞天下 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷三十一 陳勝項籍傳 Volume 31: Chen Sheng and Xiang Yu — count: 15
- 敲木 (敲木) 大敲木魚 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第四十五回 Chapter 45 — count: 9
- 敲金 (敲金) 前隊鞭敲金鐙 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第五十回 Chapter 50 — count: 6
- 执敲 (執敲) 執敲朴而鞭笞天下 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 1 — count: 5
- 鎚敲 (鎚敲) 刀砍鎚敲不得壞 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第十七回 Chapter 17 — count: 4
- 手敲 (手敲) 手敲漁鼓簡 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第三十三回 Chapter 33 — count: 4
- 来敲 (來敲) 來敲木魚報曉 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第四十五回 Chapter 45 — count: 4
- 鞭敲 (鞭敲) 前隊鞭敲金鐙 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第五十回 Chapter 50 — count: 4
- 敲杀 (敲殺) 亮悉敲殺之 — History of Song 宋史, 卷三百八十三 列傳第一百四十二 陳俊卿 虞允文 辛次膺 Volume 383 Biographies 142: Chen Junqing, Yu Yunwen, Xin Ciying — count: 3
- 手里敲 (手裡敲) 手裡敲著梆子 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第七十四回 Chapter 74 — count: 3