翘 (翹) qiáo

1. qiáo verb to curve up; to turn upwards
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '翹' 2, p. 365; Mathews 1931 '翹', p. 101; Unihan '翹')
2. qiáo verb to elevate; to raise up
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '翹'; Guoyu '翹' v 1; Kroll 2015 '翹' 2, p. 365; Mathews 1931 '翹', p. 101; Unihan '翹')
3. qiáo noun long tail feathers
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '翹' n 1; Kroll 2015 '翹' 1, p. 365; Mathews 1931 '翹', p. 101)
4. qiáo verb to reveal
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '翹' 2b, p. 365)
5. qiáo noun hackles
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '翹' 2c, p. 365)
6. qiáo noun feathers placed in a woman's hair
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '翹' n 2; Mathews 1931 '翹', p. 101)
7. qiáo adjective outstanding
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 特出 (CC-CEDICT '翹'; Guoyu '翹' adj; Kroll 2015 '翹' 3, p. 365)
8. qiào verb to slip away stealthily
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 开溜 (CC-CEDICT '翹'; Guoyu '翹' qiào v)

Contained in

• 连翘(連翹) Forsythia
• 翘曲(翹曲) to warp; to bend; fig. distorted opinion; prejudice
• 翘拇指(翹拇指) to give a thumbs-up
• 翠翘(翠翹) kingfisher feathers ; green feather head ornament
• 翘尾巴(翹尾巴) to be cocky
• 翘起(翹起) to stick up; to point
• 翘楚(翹楚) person of outstanding talent
• 凤翘(鳳翹) feather head ornament
• 翘翘(翹翹) curling upwards ; dangerous ; distant ; outstanding
• 翘二郎腿(翹二郎腿) to stick one leg over the other (when sitting)
• 翘首企足(翹首企足) to raise one's head and stand on the toes
• 翘辫子(翹辮子) to die; to kick the bucket
• 翘棱(翹稜) to warp; to bend
• 翘足引领(翹足引領) waiting on tiptoes and craning one's neck; to look forward eagerly; to long for; also pr.
• 翘板(翹板) a see-saw
• 翘嘴鹬(翹嘴鷸) Terek sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
• 死翘翘(死翹翹) to die; to drop dead
• 翘材(翹材) outstanding talent
• 前凸后翘(前凸後翹) (of a woman) to have nice curves; buxom; shapely
• 翘足而待(翹足而待) to expect in a short time; also pr.
• 翘足(翹足) to stand on tiptoes
• 翘首以待(翹首以待) to hold one's breath (in anticipation); to anxiously await
• 翘尾(翹尾) to be cocky
• 翘居群首(翹居群首) head and shoulders above the crowd; preeminent; outstanding
• 翘望(翹望) to raise one's head and look into the distance; to forward to; to long for
• 翘企(翹企) eagerly looking forward to
• 翘课(翹課) to skip school; to cut class
• 翘硬(翹硬) hard; erect
• 翘舌音(翹舌音) retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)
• 翘翘板(翹翹板) see-saw
• 翘盼(翹盼) to long for; eager for
• 翘班(翹班) to skip work; to sneak out of work early
• 翘鼻麻鸭(翹鼻麻鴨) common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
• 翘首(翹首) to raise one's head

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Truncated for common words

• 卷三十 志第十: 音樂三 Volume 30 Treatises 10: Music 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 7
• 卷十二 Scroll 12 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 5
• 卷十九 志第九 樂一 Volume 19 Treatises 9: Music 1 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 5
• 卷十 Scroll 10 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
• 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
• 卷四百九十三 列傳第二百五十二 蠻夷一 西南溪峒諸蠻上 Volume 493 Biographies 252: Man People 1 - Man People from Xidong in the Southwest 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 4
• 卷四十四　　　　志第三十四　　選舉志上 Volume 44 Treatises 39: Selecting and Appointing Officials 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 3
• 卷七十三下　　　表第十三下　宰相世系三下 Volume 73b Tables 18: Chancellors Genealogy 3b New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 3
• 卷一百二十六 載記第二十六 禿髮烏孤 禿髮利鹿孤 禿髮傉檀 Volume 126 Records 26: Tufa Wugu; Tufa Lilugu; Tufa Rutan Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 2
• 卷五十四 列傳第三十五 高逸 Volume 54 Biographies 35: Hermits Book of Southern Qi 南齊書 — count: 2

Collocations

• 云翘 (雲翹) 舞雲翹 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 第五 禮儀中 立夏 請雨 拜皇太子 拜王公 桃印 黃郊 立秋 貙劉 案戶 祠星 立冬 冬至 臘 大儺 土牛 遣衛士 朝會 Volume 95: Etiquette Part Two — count: 15
• 翘关 (翹關) 但射槊翹關一藝而膽略有施者 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷10 孝莊紀 Volume 10 Annals: Xiaozhuang (Emperor Xiaozhuang) — count: 9
• 翘心 (翹心) 翹心仁政 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷四十七 列傳第二十八 王融 謝朓 Volume 47 Biographies 28: Wang Rong, Xie Tiao — count: 5
• 翘襟 (翹襟) 俯察翹襟 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷三十 志第十: 音樂三 Volume 30 Treatises 10: Music 3 — count: 4
• 翘舞 (翹舞) 雲翹舞 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 第三十 輿服下 冕冠 長冠 委貌冠 皮弁冠 爵弁冠 通天冠 遠遊冠 高山冠...Volume 120: Travel and Dress Part Two — count: 4
• 王翘 (王翹) 甫使門生王翹辜榷 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五十四 楊震列傳 Volume 54: Biography of Yang Zhen — count: 4
• 翘想 (翹想) 翹想罔極 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷34 王洛兒 車路頭 盧魯元 陳建 萬安國 Volume 34: Wang Luo Er, Che Lutou, Lu Luyuan, Chen Jian, Wan Anguo — count: 3
• 封翘 (封翹) 以刑部員外郎封翹為翰林學士 — Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史, 卷九 梁書9: 末帝本紀中 Volume 9 Book of Later Liang 9: Later Emperors Annals 2 — count: 3
• 翘英 (翹英) 髮皓羽兮奮翹英 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四十下 班彪列傳 Volume 40b: Biography of Ban Biao 2 — count: 3
• 扬翘 (揚翹) 嬪儀揚翹 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百三十九 志第九十二 樂十四 Volume 139 Treatises 92: Music 14 — count: 2