跷跷板

蹺蹺板

qiāoqiāobǎn

noun #23,644

Measure Word

一个跷跷板 gè

Meanings

1 seesaw
2 teeter-totter

Characters

to raise / to tiptoe / to tilt up

repeated for onomatopoeic/descriptive effect

Examples

孩子们在公园里玩跷跷板。

Háizimen zài gōngyuán lǐ wán qiāoqiāobǎn.

The children are playing on the seesaw in the park.

跷跷板一上一下，两个孩子笑得很开心。

Qiāoqiāobǎn yī shàng yī xià, liǎng gè háizi xiào de hěn kāixīn.

The seesaw goes up and down, and both children are laughing happily.

Tips

memory

跷 (qiāo) means to raise or tiptoe — like lifting your heels. The repeated 跷跷 mimics the bouncing up-and-down motion of a seesaw, with 板 (bǎn) meaning board or plank.

Stroke Order

跷 qiāo

板 bǎn