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jiǎo

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jiǎo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiǎo | jiao3
English translation
crafty
cunning
sly
cunning, deceitful, treacherous

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About jiǎo

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

jiǎo

Contains the radical

quǎn

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Learning hint

dog

Etymology of jiǎo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

犭交

Semantic compound

quǎn

Phonetic compound

jiāo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. quǎn represents the meaning and jiāo represents the sound.

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Example sentences using jiǎo

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河里 de 很多, diào 线 xiàn shǎng de 鱼饵 yú ěr mán hǎo , 这些 zhè xiē 越来越 yuè lái yuè 狡猾 jiǎohuá ,今天 jīntiān 就是 jiù shì 上钩 shàng gōu .

There are plenty of fish in the river, and good baits on my line, but the fish are getting clever and refuse to rise to the

zhè gōu 问话 wèn huà shì zhǒng qióng 急智 jí zhì shēng de 狡猾 jiǎohuá de 遁辞.

The question was a quick, shrewd parry.

chī , , piáo ,, lǎn , 狡猾 jiǎohuá ,因为 yīnwèi méi le xīn , de xīn bèi 人家 rénjiā zhāi le .

He ate, drank, whored, gambled, lazed around and schemed because he no longer had a conscience.

阴险 yīn xiǎn 狡诈 jiǎo zhà 会玩人

She is devious and sly and manipulative.

采用 cǎi yòng 极其 jíqí 狡诈 jiǎo zhà de 手段 shǒu duàn zhuàn le 许多 xǔduō Qián

He made a lot of money, using some very dodgy methods.

Words with jiǎo

Explore 9 words and sayings that include the Chinese character jiǎo in their composition.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
狡猾 jiǎohuá crafty狡猾 jiǎohuá
狡辩 jiǎo biàn to quibble狡辯
狡诈 jiǎo zhà craft狡詐
jiǎo crafty jiǎo
狡黠 jiǎo xiá crafty狡黠 jiǎo xiá
狡兔三窟 jiǎo tù sān kū lit. a crafty rabbit has three burrows狡兔三窟 jiǎo tù sān kū
狡赖 jiǎo lài to deny (through sophism)狡賴
狡滑 jiǎo huá crafty狡滑 jiǎo huá
奸狡 jiān jiǎo devious奸狡 jiān jiǎo

jiǎo Decomposition & Compounds

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jiǎo Decomposition

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