Chinese Word: 蕉 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

蕉Polyphone (多音字)HSK 3

Total strokes: 15; Radical: 艸

Pictophonetic:焦 indicates the sound; 艹 (plant) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 艹 [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
- 焦 [ jiāo ] burned, scorched; anxious, vexed

Similar Characters: 嶣

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Pinyin: jiāo

English Definition:banana

Chinese Definition:
①指某些有像芭蕉那样的大叶子的植物：香蕉。美人蕉。
②生麻，未沤治的麻。
③(芭蕉)见“古同“焦”，枯焦。芭”。

Example Words:

香蕉HSK 3	xiāng jiāo	banana; Classifiers: 枝
芭蕉	bā jiāo	Japanese banana (Musa basjoo)
芭蕉扇	bā jiāo shàn	palm-leaf fan
美人蕉	měi rén jiāo	canna or Indian shot (genus Canna)
蕉城	jiāo chéng	Jiaocheng district of Ningde city 宁德市 , Fujian

Pinyin: qiáo

English Definition:see 蕉萃

Example Words:

variant of 憔悴

1		nǐ xǐ huān 你喜欢 píng guǒ 苹果 hái shi 还是 xiāng jiāo 香蕉？ Do you prefer apples or bananas?
2		wǒ huì 我会 yòng 用 xiāng jiāo 香蕉 zuò 做 guǒ zhī 果汁。 I know how to make juice with bananas.
3		tā 她 xǐ huan 喜欢 chī 吃 xiāng jiāo 香蕉 hé 和 cǎo méi 草莓。 She likes to eat bananas and strawberries.
4		jīn tiān 今天 zǎo shang 早上 wǒ 我 chī 吃 le 了 yī gēn 一根 xiāng jiāo 香蕉。 I ate a banana this morning.
5		wǒ xǐ huān 我喜欢 chī 吃 shuǐ guǒ 水果， yóu qí 尤其 shì 是 xiāng jiāo 香蕉。 I like to eat fruit, especially bananas.

1		nǐ xǐ huān 你喜欢 píng guǒ 苹果 hái shi 还是 xiāng jiāo 香蕉？ Do you prefer apples or bananas?
2		wǒ huì 我会 yòng 用 xiāng jiāo 香蕉 zuò 做 guǒ zhī 果汁。 I know how to make juice with bananas.
3		tā 她 xǐ huan 喜欢 chī 吃 xiāng jiāo 香蕉 hé 和 cǎo méi 草莓。 She likes to eat bananas and strawberries.
4		jīn tiān 今天 zǎo shang 早上 wǒ 我 chī 吃 le 了 yī gēn 一根 xiāng jiāo 香蕉。 I ate a banana this morning.
5		wǒ xǐ huān 我喜欢 chī 吃 shuǐ guǒ 水果， yóu qí 尤其 shì 是 xiāng jiāo 香蕉。 I like to eat fruit, especially bananas.