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跤

jiāo

Character

What 跤 means

1. a tumble
2. a fall

Example sentences

• 他在冰上滑了一跤。
  He slipped over on the ice.
• 雨天路滑，小心摔跤。
  The roads are slippery on a rainy day. Be careful not to fall.
• 我滑了一跤并从楼梯上摔下来。
  I slipped and fell down the stairs.

Words containing 跤

• 摔跤shuāi jiāoto trip and fall; to wrestle; wrestling (sports)
• 绊跤bàn jiāoto trip; to stumble
• 跌跤diē jiāoto fall down; to take a fall

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
• 狡jiǎocrafty; cunning; sly
• 铰jiǎoscissors; to cut (with scissors)

Characters that look like 跤

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

• 输shūto lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute
• 毁huǐto destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slander
• 欺qīto take unfair advantage of; to deceive; to cheat
• 腔qiāng(bound form) cavity; (bound form) speech; talk; tune
• 跷qiāoto raise one's foot; to stand on tiptoe; stilts
• 羧suōcarboxyl radical (chemistry)

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
• 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
• 姣cunning; pretty
• 礁reef; shoal rock