Bridge in Chinese (Mandarin): 桥 (qiáo)
桥
qiáo
bridge
- Simplified
- 桥
- Traditional
- 橋
- Pinyin
- qiáo
- Typed as
- qiao
Use it in a sentence
河上有一座桥。
河上有一座橋。
There is a bridge over the river.
The characters in 桥
桥 / 橋
Bridge. 木 (wood) is on the left.
10 strokes
Second tone. Count bridges with 座 (zuò): 一座桥. Crossing a bridge is 过桥 (guò qiáo).
More examples with 桥
我们走过一座桥。
我們走過一座橋。
Wǒmen zǒu guò yí zuò qiáo.
We walk across a bridge.
桥下有一条河。
橋下有一條河。
Qiáo xià yǒu yì tiáo hé.
There is a river under the bridge.
How to write 桥 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
桥 10 strokes
In Traditional characters:
橋 16 strokes
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