qiāo

common
noun

Meaning of

锹 means spade; shovel; digging tool. Pronounced qiāo.

  • spade; shovel; digging tool

Character Info

Radical
Strokes14
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Gōng
rén
yòng
tiāo
qiāo
kāi
le
 

The workers used spades to dig up the soil.

Qǐng
tiāo
qiāo
gěi
 
yào
chǎn
xuě
 

Please pass me the shovel so I can clear the snow.

Nóng
mín
bo
yòng
tiāo
qiāo
fān
zhěng
 

The farmer uncle used a spade to till the land.

méi
kuài
zhuāng
jìn
tiāo
qiāo
yùn
zǒu
le
 

He loaded coal onto the shovel and carried it away.

Yuán
shī
yòng
tiāo
qiāo
xiū
zhěng
huā
tán
de
rǎng
 

The gardener used a spade to tidy up the soil in the flower bed.