Chinese word dictionary

敲锣

qiāo luó · to beat a gong

Practice word

Word information

Simplified敲锣

Traditional敲鑼

Pinyinqiāo luó

Part of speechDictionary

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

敲qiāo

to hammer, to pound, to strike

锣luó

gong

How to learn 敲锣

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to rip off; to extort (money); extortion; blackmail

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to think over

敲打qiāo dǎ

to beat sb; to beat (a drum)

敲开qiāo kāi

to get sth open by tapping or striking it; (figuratively, when followed by sth like ∼的大門|∼的大门[xx5 de5 da4 men2]) to open the door to ~; to gain access to ~

敲门qiāo mén

to knock on a door

敲定qiāo dìng

to come to a decision; to fix on (a date etc); to determine