巧

qiǎo

skillful, ingenious, clever

How to write 巧, stroke by stroke

opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely

Pictophonetic: semantic 工 (work), phonetic 丂

Made of 工 + 丂

技巧jì qiǎoskill; technique
巧合qiǎo hécoincidence; coincidental; to coincide
碰巧pèng qiǎoby chance; by coincidence; to happen to
巧妙qiǎo miàoingenious; clever; ingenuity; artifice
不巧bù qiǎotoo bad; unfortunately; as luck would have it
凑巧còu qiǎofortuitously; luckily; as chance has it
恰巧qià qiǎoby chance; as chance would have it
轻巧qīng qiǎodexterous; deft; easy; light and easy to use; nimble; agile; lithe; graceful
正巧zhèng qiǎojust by chance; to happen to (just at the right time); opportune
精巧jīng qiǎoelaborate
刚巧gāng qiǎoby chance; by coincidence; by good luck
小巧xiǎo qiǎosmall and exquisite; delicate; fine (features); compact; nifty

这一定是个巧合。
zhè yí dìng shì gè qiǎo hé 。
It must be a coincidence.
没多久，我们又碰巧遇到了。
méi duō jiǔ ， wǒ men yòu pèng qiǎo yù dào le 。
It was not long before we met again by chance.
戏法人人会变，各有巧妙不同。
xì fǎ rén rén huì biàn ， gè yǒu qiǎo miào bù tóng 。
Everyone's tricks are different; each differs in ingenious ways.
什么？你把我的巧克力熊吃了？！
shén me ？ nǐ bǎ wǒ de qiǎo kè lì xióng chī le ？！
What?! You ate my chocolate bear?!
真的凑巧，这两样现在还在维修。
zhēn de còu qiǎo ， zhè liǎng yàng xiàn zài hái zài wéi xiū 。
Completely coincidentally, these two are still being repaired.