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娇

jiāo

HSK 6 Character Traditional 嬌

What 娇 means

1. lovable
2. pampered
3. tender
4. delicate
5. frail

Example sentences

• 她确实年轻貌美，但她体质娇弱。
  Tā quèshí niánqīng màoměi, dàn tā tǐzhì jiāoruò.
  Indeed she is young and beautiful, but she is in delicate health.
• 她是一个非常娇小的女孩，但她真的自己抱着中音萨克斯。不过，我忍不住想像这个东西缠绕包裹住她，并像蟒蛇般的吞噬她。
  Tā shì yī gè fēicháng jiāoxiǎo de nǚhái, dàn tā zhēn de zìjǐ bào zhe zhōng yīn sàkèsī. bùguò, wǒ rěnbuzhù xiǎngxiàng zhège dōngxi chánrào bāoguǒ zhù tā, bìng xiàng mǎngshé bān de tūnshì tā.
  She was a tiny girl, but she really held her own on the baritone sax. Nonetheless, I couldn't help but imagine the thing wrapping itself around her and devouring her like a boa constrictor.

Words starting with 娇

• 娇气jiāo qìdelicate; squeamish; finicky
• 娇小jiāo xiǎopetite; delicate; dainty
• 娇嫩jiāo nentender and lovely; fragile; delicate
• 娇艳jiāo yàntender and beautiful
• 娇媚jiāo mèiflirtatious; coquettish; sweet and charming
• 娇羞jiāo xiūbashful; shy; shyness
• 娇嗔jiāo chēn(of a girl) to feign anger coquettishly
• 娇滴滴jiāo dī dīsweet; cute; delicately pretty
• 娇妻jiāo qīlovely wife
• 娇美jiāo měidainty
• 娇生惯养jiāo shēng guàn yǎngpampered and spoiled since childhood
• 娇弱jiāo ruòdelicate
• 娇惯jiāo guànto pamper; to coddle; to spoil
• 娇儿jiāo érbeloved son
• 娇喘jiāo chuǎnfaint breathing
• 娇宠jiāo chǒngto indulge; to spoil
• 娇态jiāo tàicharming attitude; lascivious pose
• 娇痴jiāo chīspoilt and naive
• 娇红jiāo hóngtender pink
• 娇纵jiāo zòngto indulge (a child); to pamper; to spoil
• 娇贵jiāo guìpampered; fragile; finicky
• 娇黄jiāo huángtender yellow
• 娇娇女jiāo jiāo nǚpampered girl from an affluent family
• 娇翠jiāo cuìtender green (shoots)

Words containing 娇

• 撒娇sā jiāoto act like a spoiled child; to throw a tantrum; to act coquettishly
• 傲娇ào jiāo(colloquial) presenting as unfriendly and blunt, but warm and tender inside…
• 陈娇Chén JiāoChen Jiao, first wife of emperor 汉武帝
• 力娇酒lì jiāo jiǔ(loanword) liqueur
• 撒娇卖乖sā jiāo mài guāito behave ingratiatingly
• 桑娇维塞Sāng jiāo wéi sàiSangiovese (grape type)
• 金屋藏娇jīn wū cáng jiāoa golden house to keep one's mistress (idiom); a magnificent house built for a beloved…
• 香娇玉嫩xiāng jiāo yù nèna beautiful woman
• 千娇百媚qiān jiāo bǎi mèi(idiom) (of a woman) bewitching; charming
• 吴侬娇语Wú nóng jiāo yǔsee 吴侬软语
• 百媚千娇bǎi mèi qiān jiāosee 千娇百媚

Characters built on 乔

These share the phonetic component 乔 (qiáo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 桥qiáobridge
• 骄jiāoproud; arrogant
• 侨qiáoemigrant; to reside abroad
• 轿jiàosedan chair; palanquin; litter
• 矫jiáoused in 矫情
• 荞qiáocommon mallow (Malva sinensis); variant of 荞
• 峤jiàohighest peak
• 挢jiǎoto raise; to lift; to pretend

Characters that look like 娇

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 桥qiáobridge
• 拼pīnto piece together; to put together; to pool (resources etc); to share; to risk all…
• 骄jiāoproud; arrogant
• 轿jiàosedan chair; palanquin; litter
• 拚pànto strive for; to struggle; to disregard
• 姘pīnto be a mistress or lover

Sounds the same

Read jiāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 教to teach; to instruct
• 交to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends…
• 蕉banana
• 骄proud; arrogant
• 郊suburbs; outskirts
• 胶to glue; glue; gum
• 椒pepper
• 浇to pour liquid; to irrigate (using waterwheel); to water
• 焦burnt; scorched; charred
• 跤a tumble; a fall
• 姣cunning; pretty
• 礁reef; shoal rock