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绞

jiǎo

Character Traditional 絞

What 绞 means

1. to twist (strands into a thread)
2. to entangle
3. to wring
4. to hang (by the neck)
5. to turn
6. to wind
7. classifier for skeins of yarn

Example sentences

• 他因谋杀罪被绞死。
  Tā yīn móushāzuì bèi jiǎosǐ.
  He was hanged for murder.

Words starting with 绞

• 绞尽脑汁jiǎo jìn nǎo zhīto rack one's brains
• 绞死jiǎo sǐto hang (i.e. execute by hanging); to strangle
• 绞刀jiǎo dāoreamer
• 绞刑jiǎo xíngto execute by hanging
• 绞扭jiǎo niǔto wring
• 绞架jiǎo jiàgallows; gibbet
• 绞杀jiǎo shāto kill by strangling, hanging or garrotting; (fig.) to snuff out
• 绞痛jiǎo tòngsharp pain; cramp; griping pain
• 绞盘jiǎo páncapstan
• 绞索jiǎo suǒa noose for hanging criminals
• 绞肉jiǎo ròuminced meat
• 绞车jiǎo chēwinch; windlass
• 绞刑架jiǎo xíng jiàgibbet; hanging post
• 绞肉机jiǎo ròu jīmeat grinder
• 绞股蓝jiǎo gǔ lánjiaogulan (Gynostemma pentaphyllum)
• 绞脑汁jiǎo nǎo zhīto rack one's brains
• 绞缢jiǎo yìto be hanged; to hang oneself

Words containing 绞

• 裸绞luǒ jiǎo(martial arts) rear naked choke
• 心绞痛xīn jiǎo tòngangina
• 双绞线shuāng jiǎo xiàntwisted pair (cabling)
• 心如刀绞xīn rú dāo jiǎoto feel a pain like a knife being twisted in one's heart (idiom)
• 腹部绞痛fù bù jiǎo tòngabdominal cramping
• 胆石绞痛dǎn shí jiǎo tònggallstone colic

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
• 狡jiǎocrafty; cunning; sly
• 铰jiǎoscissors; to cut (with scissors)
• 跤jiāoa tumble; a fall

Characters that look like 绞

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

• 经jīngclassics; sacred book; scripture
• 驶shǐ(of a vehicle, horse etc) to go fast; to speed; (of a vehicle) to run; to go…
• 绘huìto draw; to paint; to depict; to portray
• 皱zhòuto wrinkle; wrinkled; to crease
• 骇hàito astonish; to startle; to hack (computing, loanword)
• 铍píberyllium (chemistry)

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
• 狡crafty; cunning; sly
• 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
• 皎bright; white
• 湫marsh
• 矫to correct; to rectify; to redress
• 剿to destroy; to extirpate
• 铰scissors; to cut (with scissors)