蹺 (hiu1) — to skip one's classes/arm-crossing in Cantonese
hiuˉ¹蹺简 跷
Mandarin Pinyin: qiao1
Meaning of 蹺
nounto skip one's classes/arm-crossing
Example Sentences with 蹺
ginˍ₆件siˍ₆事jauˏ₅有kiuˉ¹蹺kaiˉ¹蹊。
There's something fishy about this matter.
ngoˏ₅我taiˊ²睇dou˗₃到jauˏ₅有kiuˉ¹蹺kaiˉ¹蹊。
I can see something's not right.
houˊ²好jauˏ₅有kiuˉ¹蹺kaiˉ¹蹊wo˗₃喎。
It seems very suspicious.
neiˏ₅你mˎ₄唔gok˗₃覺jauˏ₅有kiuˉ¹蹺kaiˉ¹蹊？
Don't you find it suspicious?
keoiˏ₅佢deiˍ₆哋jauˏ₅有kiuˉ¹蹺kaiˉ¹蹊。
They seem suspicious.
Words Containing 蹺
事有蹊蹺si6 jau5 kei1 kiu1
variant of 事有蹺蹊
有蹺蹊jau5 kiu2 kai1
something is not right; something fishy is going on
蹊蹺kei1 kiu1
variant of 蹺蹊
湊蹺cau3 kiu2
by coincidence; it so happens
事有蹺蹊si6 jau5 kiu1 kei1
something fishy going on; something isn't right
蹺蹊kiu1 kei1
fishy; dubious
蹺口杉手kiu5 hau2 caam5 sau2
difficult to deal with [colloquial]
有咁啱得咁蹺jau5 gam3 ngaam1 dak1 gam3 hiu1
just by coincidence; as luck would have it; as chance would have it
蹺妙kiu2 miu6
ingenious, marvelous
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