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jiāo

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jiāo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiāo | jiao1
English translation
pepper
pepper, spice

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About jiāo

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

jiāo

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

tree

Etymology of jiāo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

木叔

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

shū

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and shū represents the sound.

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Example sentences using jiāo

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qián wèi 善于 shànyú yòng jiāo , xiāng shì 主要 zhǔyào de 特点 tèdiǎn .

Qian good taste with pepper, spicy incense is the main character.

zhè 辣椒 làjiāo zhēn gòu 劲儿 jìn r .

This pepper is really hot.

yòu tián yòu : Hóng 辣椒 làjiāo jiàng yóu jiāng 制成 zhì chéng de jiàng , hěn 刺激 cìjī .

Sweet meets heat: A chili pepper, soy and ginger sauce.

qǐng yán 胡椒粉 hú jiāo fěn 过来 guò lái .

Please pass the salt and pepper.

我们 wǒmen de 椒酱 le , 喜欢 xǐhuan chī 辣的?

Oh , Our chili sauce is quite spicy . Do you like hot foods?

Words with jiāo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
辣椒 làjiāo chili辣椒 làjiāo
胡椒 hú jiāo pepper胡椒 hú jiāo
jiāo pepper jiāo
辣椒酱 là jiāo jiàng red pepper paste辣椒醬
花椒 huā jiāo Sichuan pepper花椒 huā jiāo
青椒 qīng jiāo Capsicum annuum青椒 qīng jiāo
胡椒粉 hú jiāo fěn ground pepper (i.e. powder)胡椒粉 hú jiāo fěn
黑胡椒 hēi hú jiāo black pepper黑胡椒 hēi hú jiāo
椒江 Jiāo jiāng Jiaojiang district of Taizhou city 台州市 Tāi zhōu shì [Tāi​zhōu​shì], Zhejiang椒江 Jiāo jiāng
柿子椒 shì zi jiāo bell pepper柿子椒 shì zi jiāo
椒江区 Jiāo jiāng qū Jiaojiang district of Taizhou city 台州市 Tāi zhōu shì [Tāi​zhōu​shì], Zhejiang椒江區
全椒 Quán jiāo Quanjiao county in Chuzhou 滁州 Chú zhōu [Chú​zhōu], Anhui全椒 Quán jiāo
全椒县 Quán jiāo xiàn Quanjiao county in Chuzhou 滁州 Chú zhōu [Chú​zhōu], Anhui全椒縣
番椒 fān jiāo chili番椒 fān jiāo

jiāo Decomposition & Compounds

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jiāo Decomposition

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