qiāo

Traditional: 蹺

跷 (qiāo) is a Chinese word meaning “to raise one's foot; to stand on tiptoe; stilts”.

Meanings

  1. 1to raise one's foot
  2. 2to stand on tiptoe
  3. 3stilts

Related words

蹊跷odd; queer; strange; fishy跷跷板see-saw跷variant of 蹺|跷[qiao1]高跷stilts踩高跷to walk on stilts按跷(old) massage跷家to run away from home跷课to skip class高跷鹬(bird species of China) stilt sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)跷班see 翹班|翘班[qiao4 ban1]

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