to hit (v.)
HSK 4
Traditional
敲 (unaltered)
Radicals
Stroke order
Phonetically similar words
桥 qiáo - bridge (n.) | HSK 4
瞧 qiáo - look; see (v.) | HSK 5
翘 qiào - stick up; bend upwards; curl up (v.) | HSK 6
Examples
请敲门后进入。 qǐng qiāo mén hòu jìnrù. - Please knock before entering.
他用木棒敲打着门。 tā yòng mùbàng qiāo dǎzhe mén. - He was knocking on the door with a wooden stick.
他轻轻地敲了敲窗户。 tā qīngqīng de qiāo le qiāo chuānghu. - He gently tapped on the window.
听到敲门声，她急忙去开门。 tīngdào qiāo mén shēng, tā jímáng qù kāimén. - Hearing the knock on the door, she hurried to open it.
他用钥匙敲开了锁。 tā yòng yàoshi qiāo kāile suǒ. - He unlocked the lock with a key.