巧

Opportunely in Chinese: 巧 (qiǎo)

qiǎo

opportunely

HSK 3.0 Level 31 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1opportunely
  2. 2coincidentally
  3. 3as it happens
  4. 4skillful
  5. 5timely

Stroke order

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巧

Zhuyin

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ㄑㄧㄠˇ

qiǎo

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 我正想找你，真是太巧了。

    wǒ zhèng xiǎng zhǎo nǐ， zhēn shì tài qiǎo le。

    I was just looking for you—what a coincidence!

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Related words

巧妙

qiǎo miào

ingenious

技巧

jì qiǎo

skill

凑巧

còu qiǎo

fortuitously

乖巧

guāi qiǎo

clever (child)

灵巧

líng qiǎo

deft

碰巧

pèng qiǎo

by chance

恰巧

qià qiǎo

by chance

巧合

qiǎo hé

coincidence

巧克力

qiǎo kè lì

chocolate (loanword)

心灵手巧

xīn líng shǒu qiǎo

capable

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