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jiāo

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jiāo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiāo | jiao1
English translation
jetty, reef

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About jiāo

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

jiāo

Contains the radical

Shí

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

rock

Etymology of jiāo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

石焦

Semantic compound

Shí

Phonetic compound

Jiāo

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using jiāo

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lǎo 舵手 duò shǒu 掉转 diào zhuǎn le chuán de 航向 háng xiàng ,我们 wǒmen cái 避免 bìmiǎn le 撞击 zhuàng jī 礁石 jiāo shí de 危险 wēixiǎn .

The old helmsman brought us about and we avoided a dangerous dash against the rocks.

汹涌 xiōngyǒng de 波涛 bōtāo 猛烈地冲击 chōngjī zhāo jiāo àn .

The foaming waves chafe against the rocky shore.

shì 海洋 hǎiyáng 渔业 yú yè 11 zài 东澳人工 réngōng jiāo Ōu 增殖 zēng zhí 放流36 wěi 鱼苗 yú miáo .

Title : Zhuhai Ocean and Fisheries Bureau Releases 360,000 Fish Fries.

直到 zhí dào 近来 jìnlái 我们 wǒmen cái 发现 fāxiàn ,它们 tā men 其实 qíshí shì 众多 zhòng duō 独立 dúlì de 礁石 jiāo shí , 大约 dàyuē yǒu 2900独立的礁石,组成 zǔchéng le 大堡礁 Dà bǎo jiāo .

It's only been latterly that we've discovered that it's lots of individual reefs, around about 2,900 separate reef systems which make

几只强壮 qiáng zhuàng de 胳膊 gēbo 不一会儿 jiù xiǎo chuán huá dào le 印奇角礁石 jiāo shí 那儿 nà r .

Strong arms soon rowed the boat to the Inchcape Rock.

Words with jiāo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
jiāo reef jiāo
礁石 jiāo shí reef礁石 jiāo shí
暗礁 àn jiāo submerged reef (rock)暗礁 àn jiāo
珊瑚礁 shān hú jiāo coral reef珊瑚礁 shān hú jiāo
触礁 chù jiāo (fig.) to hit a snag觸礁
大堡礁 Dà bǎo jiāo Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia大堡礁 Dà bǎo jiāo
环礁 huán jiāo atoll環礁
堡礁 bǎo jiāo barrier reef堡礁 bǎo jiāo

jiāo Decomposition & Compounds

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