娇
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lovable; pampered; tender; delicate; frail
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 女 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 娇
- Common rank
- #1,799
- Unicode
- U+5A07
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Formation & memory
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Words with 娇
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 力娇酒 | (loanword) liqueur | |
| 娇儿 | beloved son | |
| 金屋藏娇 | a golden house to keep one's mistress (idiom); a magnificent house built for a beloved wom… | |
| 娇小 | petite; delicate; dainty | |
| 娇气 | delicate; squeamish; finicky | |
| 桑娇维塞 | Sangiovese (grape type) | |
| 娇红 | tender pink | |
| 娇黄 | tender yellow | |
| 娇美 | dainty | |
| 娇生惯养 | pampered and spoiled since childhood | |
| 千娇百媚 | (idiom) (of a woman) bewitching; charming | |
| 百媚千娇 | see 千嬌百媚|千娇百媚[qian1 jiao1 bai3 mei4] | |
| 香娇玉嫩 | a beautiful woman | |
| 娇态 | charming attitude; lascivious pose | |
| 娇娇女 | pampered girl from an affluent family | |
| 娇贵 | pampered; fragile; finicky | |
| 撒娇 | to act like a spoiled child; to act coquettishly | |
| 陈娇 | Chen Jiao, first wife of emperor 漢武帝|汉武帝[Han4 Wu3 di4], died c. 110 BC | |
| 撒娇卖乖 | to behave ingratiatingly | |
| 娇滴滴 | sweet; cute; delicately pretty |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 乔 — compare how they read.