敲 qiāo▶ mengetuk

Stroke order

敲 is written in 14 strokes.

• 敲

Senses

1. to hit
2. to strike
3. to tap
4. to rap
5. to knock
6. to rip sb off
7. to overcharge

Example sentences

• 有人在敲门。Yǒu rén zài qiāo mén.Someone is knocking at the door.
• 请先敲门再进来。Qǐng xiān qiāo mén zài jìnlái.Please knock before coming in.

Related words

• 签证visa
• 桥Jembatan

敲 is pronounced qiāo and means “mengetuk”. You will meet it in HSK 4, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 敲 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.