敲

yǒu rén zài qiāo chuāng hu

有人在敲窗户。

Somebody is knocking on the window.

wǔ yè de zhōng shēng qiāo xiǎng le

午夜的钟声敲响了。

The clock struck midnight.

shí zhōng bèi qiāo le sān xià

时钟被敲了三下。

The clock struck three times.

qiāo zhōng

敲钟

strike a bell

chū zū chē sī jī qiāo le tā de zhú gàng

出租车司机敲了他的竹杠。

The taxi driver overcharged him.

yǒu de xiǎo fàn yī tīng gù kè shì wài dì kǒu yīn wǎng wǎng jiù yào hěn hěn de qiāo tā men yī xià zi

有的小贩一听顾客是外地口音，往往就要狠狠地敲他们一下子。

When hearing the customers' foreign accents, some peddlers will greatly overcharge them.

tā men qiāo le nǐ duō shao qián a

他们敲了你多少钱啊？

How much did they sting you for?

qiāo le shí yuán qián

敲了十元钱

extort ten yuan