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jiāo

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jiāo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiāo | jiao1
English translation
banana
banana, plantain
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qiáo | qiao2
English translation
see 蕉萃 qiáo cuì [qiáo cuì]

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About jiāo

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

jiāo

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

plant

Etymology of jiāo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹焦

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

Jiāo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and Jiāo represents the sound.

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Example sentences using jiāo

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duān chū 香蕉 xiāngjiāo 糖果 táng guǒ qǐng 我们 wǒmen chī .

She handed around bananas and sugar and invited us to eat.

香蕉 xiāngjiāo 一年 shōu liǎng pēn .

The banana bears two crops every year.

每年 měi nián Xià Qiū , 石榴 shí liu 柑桔 香蕉 xiāngjiāo 葡萄 pútao guà Mǎn zhī tóu .

Annual Xia Qiu, pomegranate, orange, banana, grape hangs full branch.

nín yāo mǎi xiē 香蕉 xiāngjiāo 苹果 píngguǒ ?

Do you want to buy some bananas, pears and apples?

, 它们 tā men bèn 令人 lìng rén 难以置信 nán yǐ zhì xìn ,它们 tā men 香蕉 xiāngjiāo 一起 yīqǐ tūn 下去 xià qù .

No, they're incredibly stupid. They swallow bananas with peels.

Words with jiāo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
香蕉 xiāngjiāo banana香蕉 xiāngjiāo
jiāo banana jiāo
芭蕉 bā jiāo Japanese banana (Musa basjoo)芭蕉 bā jiāo
美人蕉 měi rén jiāo canna or Indian shot (genus Canna)美人蕉 měi rén jiāo
蕉岭 Jiāo lǐng Jiaoling county in Meizhou 梅州 Méi zhōu , Guangdong蕉嶺
蕉城区 Jiāo chéng qū Jiaocheng district of Ningde city 寧德市|宁德市 Níng dé shì [Níng​dé​shì], Fujian蕉城區
蕉岭县 Jiāo lǐng xiàn Jiaoling county in Meizhou 梅州 Méi zhōu , Guangdong蕉嶺縣
蕉城 Jiāo chéng Jiaocheng district of Ningde city 寧德市|宁德市 Níng dé shì [Níng​dé​shì], Fujian蕉城 Jiāo chéng

jiāo Decomposition & Compounds

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jiāo Decomposition

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jiāo Compounds

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