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焦

jiāo

HSK 6 Character

What 焦 means

1. burnt
2. scorched
3. charred
4. worried
5. anxious
6. coke
7. joule (abbr. for {焦耳|jiāo ěr})

Other readings

焦 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Jiāosurname Jiao

Example sentences

• 周一让人焦虑。
  Zhōuyī ràng rén jiāolǜ.
  Monday makes people anxious.
• 她感到非常焦虑。
  She felt very anxious.
• 我感到万分焦虑。
  I felt incredibly nervous.
• 我焦急地在等着去聚会。
  Wǒ jiāojí de zài děng zhe qù jùhuì.
  I'm looking forward to the party.
• 考试前夕，他特别焦虑。
  Kǎoshì qiánxī, tā tèbié jiāolǜ.
  He worries excessively on the eve of exams.
• 梅纳德的焦虑感涌了上来。
  Mennad's anxiety was kicking.

Words starting with 焦

• 焦点jiāo diǎn(lit. and fig.) focal point; focus
• 焦急jiāo jíanxiety; anxious
• 焦虑jiāo lǜanxious; worried; apprehensive
• 焦躁jiāo zàofretful; impatient
• 焦灼jiāo zhuó(literary) deeply worried
• 焦头烂额jiāo tóu làn élit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom)…
• 焦距jiāo jùfocal length; focal distance
• 焦黄jiāo huángsallow; yellow and withered; sickly
• 焦化jiāo huàto coke
• 焦土jiāo tǔscorched earth
• 焦外jiāo wàibokeh (photography)
• 焦油jiāo yóutar
• 焦炉jiāo lúcoking furnace
• 焦糖jiāo tángcaramel
• 焦耳jiāo ěr(loanword) joule
• 焦香jiāo xiāngburnt aroma
• 焦作市Jiāo zuò ShìJiaozuo, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省
• 焦虑症jiāo lǜ zhèngneurosis; anxiety
• 焦虑不安jiāo lǜ bù ānworried too much
• 焦炭jiāo tàncoke (processed coal used in blast furnace)
• 焦炙jiāo zhìto scorch; to burn to charcoal; sick with worry
• 焦作Jiāo zuòsee 焦作市
• 焦噪jiāo zàovariant of 焦躁
• 焦燥jiāo zàovariant of 焦躁

Words containing 焦

• 聚焦jù jiāoto focus (light, electron beam etc); to focus attention
• 上焦shàng jiāo(TCM) upper burner, the part of the body within the thoracic cavity…
• 下焦xià jiāo(TCM) lower burner, the part of the body within the pelvic cavity…
• 中焦zhōng jiāo(TCM) middle burner, the part of the body within the abdominal cavity…
• 共焦gòng jiāoconfocal (math.)
• 对焦duì jiāoto focus (a camera)
• 心焦xīn jiāoworried; anxious
• 散焦sàn jiāoto defocus; bokeh
• 烤焦kǎo jiāoto burn (food by overroasting etc)
• 烧焦shāo jiāoto burn; to scorch; burned
• 调焦tiáo jiāoto focus
• 变焦biàn jiāo(photography) zoom
• 微聚焦wēi jù jiāomicrofocus x-ray computed tomography (microCT)
• 变焦环biàn jiāo huán(photography) zoom ring
• 定焦镜头dìng jiāo jìng tóuprime lens
• 广泛性焦虑症guǎng fàn xìng jiāo lǜ zhènggeneralized anxiety disorder (GAD)
• 炼焦liàn jiāocoking; the process of producing coke from coal
• 炼焦炉liàn jiāo lúcoking furnace
• 煤焦油méi jiāo yóucoal tar
• 三焦sān jiāo(TCM) the three truncal cavities (thoracic, abdominal and pelvic), known as the "triple…
• 千焦qiān jiāokilojoule

Characters that look like 焦

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

• 最zuì(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之
• 售shòu(bound form) to sell; to retail; (literary) to carry out (a plan or intrigue etc)
• 菌jūngerm; bacteria; fungus
• 鼠shǔ(bound form) rat; mouse
• 寞mòlonesome
• 崽zǎichild; young animal

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
• 娇lovable; pampered; tender
• 跤a tumble; a fall
• 姣cunning; pretty
• 礁reef; shoal rock