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蕉

jiāo

HSK 3 Character

What 蕉 means

1. banana

Other readings

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

• qiáosee {蕉萃|qiáo cuì}

Example sentences

• 香蕉很好吃。
  Bananas are delicious.
• 猫不吃香蕉。
  Cats don't eat bananas.
• 我是个香蕉。
  I am a banana.
• 汤姆喜欢香蕉。
  Tom loved bananas.
• 猴子喜欢香蕉。
  Monkeys are fond of banana.
• 你是个香蕉人。
  You are a banana.

Words starting with 蕉

• 蕉麻jiāo máabaca; Manila hemp
• 蕉城区Jiāo chéng QūJiaocheng, a district of Ningde City 宁德市
• 蕉岭县Jiāo lǐng XiànJiaoling, a county in Meizhou City 梅州市
• 蕉城Jiāo chéngsee 蕉城区
• 蕉岭Jiāo lǐngsee 蕉岭县
• 蕉萃qiáo cuìvariant of 憔悴

Words containing 蕉

• 香蕉xiāng jiāobanana
• 芭蕉bā jiāoJapanese banana (Musa basjoo)
• 美人蕉měi rén jiāocanna or Indian shot (genus Canna)
• 芭蕉扇bā jiāo shànpalm-leaf fan
• 香蕉人xiāng jiāo rénbanana person (yellow outside, white inside); mildly pejorative term used by Chinese for…

Characters built on 焦

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

• 瞧qiáoto look at; to see; to see (a doctor)
• 礁jiāoreef; shoal rock
• 憔qiáoused in 憔悴
• 樵qiáofirewood; gather wood
• 谯qiáodrum tower
• 鹪jiāoeastern wren
• 醮jiàoto perform sacrifice
• 噍jiàoto chew

Characters that look like 蕉

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

• 篇piānsheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old)
• 蕾lěibud
• 鲨shāshark
• 篝gōubamboo frame for drying clothes; bamboo cage
• 蔻kòuused in 豆蔻
• 薏yìsee 薏苡

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…
• 骄proud; arrogant
• 郊suburbs; outskirts
• 胶to glue; glue; gum
• 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