翹
qiàoqiáo HSK7

turn up

翘 (翹) qiào frequency
stick up verb
to point or turn upwards, as with hair or a tail

他的头发由于静电翘起来了。

tā de tóu​fa yóu​yú jìng​diàn qiào qi​lai le.

His hair is sticking up due to static electricity.

tilt verb
to rise on one end or warp, often due to weight imbalance or deformation

由于潮湿，房间里的地板翘了。

yóu​yú cháo​shī, fáng​jiān lǐ de dì​bǎn qiào le.

The floor in the room warped because of the dampness.

翘 (翹) qiáo
raise verb
to raise or lift up (one's head, etc.)

人们翘首以待他的归来。

rén​men qiáo shǒu yǐ dài tā de guī​lái.

People are eagerly awaiting his return.

outstanding noun
outstanding; distinguished; talented

他是这个领域的翘楚。

tā shì zhè gè lǐng​yù de qiáo​chǔ.

He is a leader in this field.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,992nd most common 9.87 per million
Movie subtitles
2,306th most common 11.9 per million appears in 6% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
15.8 per million appears in 6% of films
Written text
14.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Simplified
翘
Strokes
18
Unicode
U+7FF9

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)