敲

Pinyin: qiāo

to hit; to strike; to tap; to rap

Example sentence

一个丑男人敲了我的门。

Yī gè chǒu nánrén qiāo le wǒ de mén.

An ugly man knocked on my door.

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What 敲 means

敲 (qiāo) is a Chinese word meaning “to hit; to strike; to tap; to rap”. It appears in the HSK 4 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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