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胶

jiāo

HSK 5 Character Traditional 膠

What 胶 means

1. to glue
2. glue
3. gum
4. rubber

Example sentences

• 我需要胶水。
  Wǒ xūyào jiāoshuǐ.
  I need glue.
• 化学给了我们塑胶。
  Huàxué gěi le wǒmen sùjiāo.
  Chemistry gave us plastics.
• 这个相机里没有胶片。
  Zhège xiàngjī lǐ méiyǒu jiāopiàn.
  There's no film in this camera.
• 请给我一卷彩色胶片。
  Qǐng gěi wǒ yī juǎn cǎisè jiāopiàn.
  One roll of color film, please.
• 他在手上贴了一块胶布。
  Tā zài shǒu shàng tiē le yīkuài jiāobù.
  He put a Band-Aid on his hand.
• 这把椅子是用塑胶制成的。
  Zhè bǎ yǐzi shì yòng sùjiāo zhìchéng de.
  This chair is made of plastic.

Words starting with 胶

• 胶水jiāo shuǐglue
• 胶卷jiāo juǎnroll of film
• 胶片jiāo piàn(photographic) film
• 胶囊jiāo náng(pharm.) capsule
• 胶带jiāo dàiadhesive tape; magnetic tape
• 胶布jiāo bùadhesive plaster; band-aid; rubber tape
• 胶鞋jiāo xiérubber overshoes; galoshes; rubber shoes or boots…
• 胶印jiāo yìnoffset printing
• 胶原jiāo yuáncollagen (protein)
• 胶合jiāo héto join with glue
• 胶子jiāo zǐgluon (particle physics)
• 胶接jiāo jiēto splice; a glued joint; a bond
• 胶木jiāo mùbakelite
• 胶束jiāo shù(chemistry) micelle
• 胶棒jiāo bàngglue stick
• 胶状jiāo zhuànggluey; gelatinous; colloid (chemistry)
• 胶结jiāo jiéto glue; to cement; a bond
• 胶着jiāo zhuóto stick onto; stalemate; gridlock
• 胶质jiāo zhìcolloid; gelatinous matter
• 胶轮jiāo lúnpneumatic tire; rubber tire
• 胶体jiāo tǐcolloid
• 胶原质jiāo yuán zhìcollagen (protein)
• 胶合板jiāo hé bǎnplywood
• 胶州市Jiāo zhōu ShìJiaozhou, a county-level city in Qingdao City 青岛市

Words containing 胶

• 橡胶xiàng jiāorubber; caoutchouc
• 塑胶sù jiāosynthetic resin; plastic cement; (Taiwan) plastic
• 乳胶rǔ jiāolatex
• 阿胶ē jiāodonkey-hide gelatin (used in TCM); Taiwan pr. ā jiāo
• 明胶míng jiāogelatin
• 果胶guǒ jiāopectin
• 树胶shù jiāotree resin; gum
• 气胶qì jiāoaerosol
• 脱胶tuō jiāo(of parts glued together) to come apart
• 花胶huā jiāodried swim bladder; fish maw
• 过胶guò jiāo(stationery) to laminate
• 开胶kāi jiāoto come unglued; to come apart
• 发胶fà jiāohair gel
• 黄胶huáng jiāoyellow gum; xanthanate gum (polysaccharide food additive used as a thickener)
• 黑胶hēi jiāovinyl
• 光刻胶guāng kè jiāophotoresist (laser etching used in microelectronics)
• 南胶河Nán jiāo HéNanjiao River (Shandong province, flows into Qingdao harbor)
• 卡拉胶kǎ lā jiāocarageenan (chemistry)
• 口红胶kǒu hóng jiāo(Taiwan) glue stick
• 固体胶gù tǐ jiāoglue stick
• 塑胶车sù jiāo chēscooter (Tw)
• 密封胶mì fēng jiāosealant; sealing glue
• 宽胶带kuān jiāo dàiduct tape
• 强力胶qiáng lì jiāosuperglue

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
• 郊jiāosuburbs; outskirts
• 绞jiǎoto twist (strands into a thread); to entangle; to wring
• 狡jiǎocrafty; cunning; sly
• 铰jiǎoscissors; to cut (with scissors)
• 跤jiāoa tumble; a fall

Characters that look like 胶

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

• 较jiào(bound form) to compare; (literary) to dispute; compared to
• 般bānsort; kind; class
• 校xiào(bound form) school; college; (bound form; military) field officer
• 皱zhòuto wrinkle; wrinkled; to crease
• 狡jiǎocrafty; cunning; sly
• 骏jùnspirited horse

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
• 椒pepper
• 浇to pour liquid; to irrigate (using waterwheel); to water
• 焦burnt; scorched; charred
• 娇lovable; pampered; tender
• 跤a tumble; a fall
• 姣cunning; pretty
• 礁reef; shoal rock