敲

Stroke order

Example sentences

• 有人敲门了。

  Yǒu rén qiāo mén le

  Someone knocked on the door.

• 我想有人在敲门。

  Wǒ xiǎng yǒu rén zài qiāo mén

  I think someone's knocking on the door.

• 有人敲门吗？

  Yǒu rén qiāo mén ma

  Is someone knocking on the door?

• 不知是谁在敲门。

  Bù zhī shì shéi zài qiāo mén

  Someone is knocking on the door.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 敲

• 敲qiāo 1to hit; to strike; to tap; to rap; to knock; to rip sb off; to overcharge
• 敲门qiāo mén 1–2 to knock on a door
• 敲诈qiāo zhà 1–4 to rip off; to extort (money); extortion; blackmail
• 推敲tuī qiāo 1–1 to think over
• 敲边鼓qiāo biān gǔ 1–1–3to back sb up; to support sb in an argument; (lit. to beat nearby drum)