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缴

jiǎo

HSK 6 Character Traditional 繳

What 缴 means

1. to hand in; to hand over; to pay
2. to capture (weapons); to seize

Example sentences

• 所有美国人都需要缴税。
  Suǒyǒu Měiguórén dōu xūyào jiǎoshuì.
  All Americans have to pay their taxes.
• 星期一你必须缴交报告。
  Xīngqīyī nǐ bìxū jiǎojiāo bàogào.
  You have to turn in the reports on Monday.
• 我们必得缴通行税才能在这条道路上行驶。
  Wǒmen bìděi jiǎo tōngxíngshuì cáinéng zài zhè tiáo dàolù shàngxíng shǐ.
  We must pay a toll to drive on this road.
• 跨国公司和极富有的人透过利用避税天堂所提供的服务，时而合法、时而非法地少缴甚至不缴税。
  Multinationals and extremely rich people manage, sometimes legally, sometimes illegally, to pay little to no taxes by using services offered in fiscal paradises.

Words starting with 缴

• 缴纳jiǎo nàto pay (taxes etc)
• 缴费jiǎo fèito pay a fee
• 缴获jiǎo huòto capture; to seize
• 缴税jiǎo shuìto pay tax
• 缴械jiǎo xièto disarm; (of an enemy) to lay down one's weapons; to surrender
• 缴交jiǎo jiāoto hand in; to hand over; to pay (a fee etc)
• 缴付jiǎo fùto pay; to hand over (tax payment etc)
• 缴枪jiǎo qiāngto lay down one's arms; to surrender; to disarm
• 缴销jiǎo xiāoto hand in for cancellation (e.g. a license)
• 缴枪不杀jiǎo qiāng bù shā“surrender and your life will be spared”

Words containing 缴

• 上缴shàng jiǎoto transfer (income, profits etc) to higher authorities
• 收缴shōu jiǎoto recover (illegally obtained property); to seize; to capture
• 扣缴kòu jiǎoto withhold; to garnish (wages etc)
• 追缴zhuī jiǎoto recover (stolen property); to pursue and force sb to give back the spoils
• 退缴tuì jiǎoto make restitution
• 实缴资本shí jiǎo zī běnpaid-in capital; contributed capital (finance)
• 认缴资本rèn jiǎo zī běnsubscribed capital (finance)
• 溢缴款yì jiǎo kuǎncredit card overpayment

Characters built on 敫

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

• 徼jiǎoby mere luck
• 皦jiǎosparkling; bright

Characters that look like 缴

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

• 激jīto arouse; to incite; to excite
• 撒sāto let go; to cast; to let loose
• 撤chèto remove; to take away
• 徽huībadge; emblem; insignia
• 澈chèclear (water); thorough
• 辙zhérut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. chè); (colloquial) the direction of traffic…

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
• 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)