qiáo

common
verb

Meaning of 拿乔

拿乔 means to put on airs; to play hard to get; to feign reluctance to enhance one's value. Pronounced ná qiáo.

  • to put on airs; to play hard to get; to feign reluctance to enhance one's value

Definitions & Examples

Qǐng
lái
bāng
máng
 
hái
qiáo
 
fēi
yào
men
sān
máo
 

When we asked him for help, he put on airs and insisted we must repeatedly invite him like the story of Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage.

bié
qiáo
le
 
zhè
ge
huì
bié
rén
dōu
qiǎng
zhe
yào
ne
 

Don't play hard to get; everyone else is scrambling for this opportunity.

Tán
pàn
shí
zǒng
huān
qiáo
 
zhēng
gèng
yǒu
de
tiáo
jiàn
 

During negotiations, he always likes to feign reluctance in order to secure more favorable terms.

guò
shì
ràng
chàng
shǒu
 
jìng
rán
qiáo
lái
le
 

It was just a request for him to sing a song, yet he actually started putting on airs.