教 Jiào

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Traditional form

教 Jiào

Contains the radical

攵 pū

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

script

Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰孝攵

Semantic compound

攵 pū

Phonetic compound

孝 xiào

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 攵 pū represents the meaning and 孝 xiào represents the sound.

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教 Jiào 了 le 一 yī 天 tiān 课 kè , 她 tā 精疲力竭 jīng pí lì jié .

At the end of a day's teaching, her nerves were absolutely shattered.

教 Jiào 母 mǔ 的 de 职责 zhí zé 是 shì 帮助 bāngzhù 你 nǐ 学好 xué hǎo 教义 jiào yì 问答 wèn dá .

The duty of a godmother is to make you learn your catechism.

她 tā 在 zài 中学 zhōng xué 每周 měi zhōu 教 Jiào 一 yī 次 cì 音乐课.

She instructs music once a week at a middle school.

每 měi 星期日 Xīng qī rì 不论 bù lùn 晴 qíng 雨 yǔ 我 wǒ 都 dōu 会 huì 去 qù 教堂 jiào táng 作 zuò 礼拜 lǐ bài .

Rain or shine, I go to church every Sunday.

教堂 jiào táng 的 de 钟 Zhōng 敲 qiāo 出 chū 低沉 dī chén 的 de 响声 xiǎng shēng .

The church clocks strike with a muffled sound.

Explore 25 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 教 Jiào in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
教育 jiàoyù	to educate	教育 jiàoyù
教 Jiào	religion	教 Jiào
教授 jiàoshòu	professor	教授 jiàoshòu
教练 jiàoliàn	instructor	教練
教师 jiào shī	teacher	教師
教堂 jiào táng	church	教堂 jiào táng
教学 jiào xué	to teach	教學
教训 jiàoxun	lesson	教訓
宗教 zōngjiào	religion	宗教 zōngjiào
教会 jiāo huì	to show	教會
教室 jiàoshì	classroom	教室 jiàoshì
教导 jiào dǎo	to instruct	教導
教材 jiàocái	teaching material	教材 jiàocái
主教 zhǔ jiào	bishop	主教 zhǔ jiào
教育部 Jiào yù bù	Ministry of Education	教育部 Jiào yù bù
基督教 Jī dū jiào	Christianity	基督教 Jī dū jiào
天主教 Tiān zhǔ jiào	Catholicism	天主教 Tiān zhǔ jiào
教徒 jiào tú	disciple	教徒 jiào tú
教书 jiāo shū	to teach (in a school)	教書
教皇 Jiào huáng	Roman Catholic pope	教皇 Jiào huáng
教父 jiào fù	godfather	教父 jiào fù
教养 jiàoyǎng	to train	教養
佛教 Fó jiào	Buddhism	佛教 Fó jiào
义务教育 yì wù jiào yù	compulsory education	義務教育
请教 qǐngjiào	to consult	請教