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焦躁

jiāo zào

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

焦躁 (jiāo zào) means "fretful; impatient". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 焦躁 means

1. fretful
2. impatient

The characters in 焦躁

• 焦jiāoburnt; scorched; charred
• 躁zàoimpatient; hot-tempered

Sounds the same

Read jiāo zào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 焦噪variant of 焦躁
• 焦燥variant of 焦躁

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