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狡

jiǎo

HSK 5 Character

What 狡 means

1. crafty
2. cunning
3. sly

Example sentences

• 你真狡猾。
  Nǐ zhēn jiǎohuá.
  You're a clever one.
• 狡兔三窟。
  Jiǎotùsānkū.
  A fox is not caught twice in the same snare.
• 德国人很狡猾。
  Déguórén hěn jiǎohuá.
  The Germans are very crafty.
• 人们说，狐狸比其他动物要狡猾。
  Rénmen shuō, húli bǐ qítā dòngwù yào jiǎohuá.
  People say that the fox is more cunning than other animals.

Words starting with 狡

• 狡猾jiǎo huácrafty; cunning; sly
• 狡黠jiǎo xiácrafty; astute
• 狡辩jiǎo biànto deflect blame from oneself with a dishonest story; to make excuses
• 狡诈jiǎo zhàcrafty; cunning; deceitful
• 狡赖jiǎo làito deny (through sophism)
• 狡兔三窟jiǎo tù sān kūlit. a crafty rabbit has three burrows; a sly individual has more than one plan to fall…
• 狡狯jiǎo kuài(literary) crafty; cunning
• 狡滑jiǎo huávariant of 狡猾
• 狡兔死，走狗烹jiǎo tù sǐ , zǒu gǒu pēngsee 兔死狗烹

Words containing 狡

• 奸狡jiān jiǎodevious; cunning

Characters built on 交

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

• 效xiàoto imitate (variant of 效
• 较jiào(bound form) to compare; (literary) to dispute; compared to
• 校xiào(bound form) school; college; (bound form; military) field officer
• 胶jiāoto glue; glue; gum
• 郊jiāosuburbs; outskirts
• 绞jiǎoto twist (strands into a thread); to entangle; to wring
• 铰jiǎoscissors; to cut (with scissors)
• 跤jiāoa tumble; a fall

Characters that look like 狡

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

• 软ruǎnsoft; flexible
• 般bānsort; kind; class
• 校xiào(bound form) school; college; (bound form; military) field officer
• 胶jiāoto glue; glue; gum
• 狭xiánarrow; narrow-minded
• 骏jùnspirited horse

Sounds the same

Read jiǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 角angle; corner; horn
• 脚foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object)
• 饺dumplings with meat filling
• 缴to hand in; to hand over; to pay; to capture (weapons); to seize
• 搅to disturb; to annoy; to mix
• 侥by mere luck
• 绞to twist (strands into a thread); to entangle; to wring
• 皎bright; white
• 湫marsh
• 矫to correct; to rectify; to redress
• 剿to destroy; to extirpate
• 铰scissors; to cut (with scissors)