qiào

to stick up

to rise on one end; to tilt

feathers (羽) + sound yáo (尧) = to tilt or stick up

羽 provides the core image: feathers that lift, curl, or angle upward at the tip. 尧 mainly gives the sound qiào and does not contribute to the meaning.

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An ancient namePhonetic
FeathersSemantic

那块木板一头起来了。

nà kuài mù bǎn yī tóu qiào qǐ lái le。

one end of that wooden plank has tilted up.

他把嘴角了起来,看上去很得意。

tā bǎ zuǐ jiǎo qiào le qǐ lái,kàn shàng qù hěn dé yì。

he turned up the corners of his mouth and looked very pleased with himself.

Words with 翘

连翘

lián qiáo

Forsythia

前凸后翘

qián tū hòu qiào

(of a woman) to have nice curves; buxom; shapely

林家翘

lín jiā qiáo

Lin Chia-Chiao (1916-2013), Chinese-American physicist, astronomer and applied mathematician

死翘翘

sǐ qiào qiào

to die

翘二郎腿

qiào èr láng tuǐ

to stick one leg over the other (when sitting)

翘企

qiáo qǐ

to look forward eagerly

翘嘴鹬

qiáo zuǐ yù

(bird species of China) Terek sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)

翘尾巴

qiào wěi ba

to be cocky

翘居群首

qiáo jū qún shǒu

head and shoulders above the crowd (idiom); preeminent

翘拇指

qiào mǔ zhǐ

to give a thumbs-up

翘曲

qiáo qū

to warp

翘望

qiáo wàng

to raise one's head and look into the distance

More characters with 尧