Chinese Word: 教 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

教Polyphone (多音字)HSK 3

Synonym: 授

Antonyms: 学

Total strokes: 11; Radical: 攵

Pictophonetic:孝 indicates the sound; 攵 (script) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 孝 [ xiào ] filial piety, obedience; mourning
- 攵 [ pū ] to rap, to tap; script; to let go

Similar Characters: 敇

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Pinyin: jiāo

English Definition:to teach

Chinese Definition:
①传授：教课。你教给我做。

Example Words:

教书HSK 3	jiāo shū	to teach (in a school)
教课HSK 3	jiāo kè	to teach class; to lecture
教书匠	jiāo shū jiàng	hack teacher; pedagogue
高教HSK 3	gāo jiāo	higher education; same as 高等教育
教书育人	jiāo shū yù rén	to impart knowledge and educate people (idiom)

Pinyin: jiào

English Definition:religion; teaching; to make; to cause; to tell

Chinese Definition:
①指导，训诲：教习。教头。教正。教师。教导。管教。请教。教学相长。因材施教。
②使，令：风能教船走。
③指“宗教”：教士。教主。教皇。教堂。
④姓氏。

Example Words:

教育HSK 4	jiào yù	to educate; to teach; education
教授HSK 4	jiào shòu	professor; to instruct; to lecture on; Classifiers: 个
教师	jiào shī	teacher; Classifiers: 个
宗教HSK 6	zōng jiào	religion
教学	jiào xué	to teach; teaching and learning; education; Classifiers: 门

1		jiào xué lóu 教学楼 fēi cháng 非常 dà 大。 The teaching building is very large.
2		nǐ 你 jiào shì 教室 zài 在 nǎ lǐ 哪里？ Where is your classroom?
3		wǒ men 我们 jìn 进 jiào shì 教室 ba 吧。 Let's go into the classroom.
4		mǔ qīn 母亲 jiāo 教 nǚ ér 女儿 zuò cài 做菜。 The mother taught her daughter how to cook
5		wǒ 我 zài 在 jiào xué lóu 教学楼 shàng kè 上课。 I have a class in the teaching building.

1		jiào xué lóu 教学楼 fēi cháng 非常 dà 大。 The teaching building is very large.
2		nǐ 你 jiào shì 教室 zài 在 nǎ lǐ 哪里？ Where is your classroom?
3		wǒ men 我们 jìn 进 jiào shì 教室 ba 吧。 Let's go into the classroom.
4		mǔ qīn 母亲 jiāo 教 nǚ ér 女儿 zuò cài 做菜。 The mother taught her daughter how to cook
5		wǒ 我 zài 在 jiào xué lóu 教学楼 shàng kè 上课。 I have a class in the teaching building.