瞧

qiáo
HSK 5
#1,549 most
frequent character
look at
verb

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

瞧 pairs 目 eye with 焦 jiāo as a sound part. Its first meaning was straining the eyes, and from there it grew to mean looking at or seeing.

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Example Sentences

瞧，这里有个美丽的花园。
qiáo ， zhèlǐ yǒu gè měilì de huāyuán 。
Look, there is a beautiful garden here.
你可以瞧一下这些照片吗？
nǐ kěyǐ qiáo yīxià zhèixiē zhàopiān ma ？
Can you take a look at these photos?
我想瞧瞧这本新书。
wǒxiǎng qiáoqiáo zhè běn xīnshū 。
I want to have a look at this new book.

Words with similar meanings

看kàn
to see
A more common and straightforward way to say 'to look at', used in everyday contexts.
瞧见qiáojiàn
to catch sight of
Implying a sense of observing something that comes into view, often used informally.

Homophones

HSK 4
桥qiáo
bridge
乔qiáo
tall

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