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翹

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翹

  • qiáo (qiao²) Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄑㄧㄠˊ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • kiu⁴ Cantonese, Jyutping
  • qiáo Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄑㄧㄠˊ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • ciáo Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • chʻiao² Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • chyáu Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • chyau Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • цяо Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • kiu⁴ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • kìuh Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • /kʰiːu̯²¹/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • gjiew Middle Chinese
  • /*[ɡ]ew/ Old Chinese, Baxter–Sagart
  • /*ɡew/ Old Chinese, Zhengzhang
  • qiào (qiao⁴) Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄑㄧㄠˋ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • giu⁶ Cantonese, Jyutping
  • kiu³ Cantonese, Jyutping
  • khieu Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
  • khiàu Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • ⁵chiau Wu, Shanghai, Wugniu
  • qiào Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄑㄧㄠˋ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • ciào Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • chʻiao⁴ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • chyàu Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • chiaw Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • giu⁶ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • kiu³ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • giuh Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • kiu Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • /kiːu̯²²/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • /kʰiːu̯³³/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • khieu Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
  • kieu Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
  • kieu⁴ Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
  • /kʰi̯eu̯⁵⁵/ Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli

Where it comes from

形聲漢字（上古 *ɡew, *ɡews）：聲符 堯 (上古 *ŋeːw) + 意符 羽 (“羽毛”) 。

Schuessler (2007)認為本詞可能與喬 (上古 *krew, “高”)所在的詞族無關，而可能與原始北孔亞克語 *gyaw (“高”)有關。

Sagart (2021b)則將其與藏語 སྒྲོ (sgro，“翎；大片羽毛”)聯繫起來，而他又將該詞與喬 (上古 *krew)聯繫起來（Sagart, 2017b）。

釋義

  1. obsolete 鳥類尾部的長羽毛
  2. obsolete 鳥尾巴
  3. obsolete 動物尾巴
  4. 舉起；高抬
  5. 曝露；揭示，揭露
  6. colloquial, 指木板、紙等 扭曲
  7. 傑出，卓越
  8. 危險
  9. obsolete 茂密，茂盛
  10. historical, obsolete 婦女髮上的飾物，形似鳥尾
  11. obsolete 篪 (chí)的另一種寫法。

釋義

  1. colloquial 突起
  2. colloquial 溜走
  3. colloquial 死亡

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {翹},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%BF%B9},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}