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郊

jiāo

HSK 4 Character

What 郊 means

1. suburbs
2. outskirts

Other readings

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

• Jiāosurname Jiao

Example sentences

• 我想去郊游。
  I want to have a picnic.
• 我们住在郊区。
  We live in the suburbs.
• 我住在东京郊区。
  Wǒ zhù zài Dōngjīng jiāoqū.
  I live on the outskirts of Tokyo.
• 他住在东京郊区。
  He lives in the suburbs of Tokyo.
• 郊区很安静......
  It's quiet in the suburbs...
• 亚妮住在阿尔及尔的郊区
  Yanni lives on the outskirts of Algiers.

Words starting with 郊

• 郊外jiāo wàioutskirts
• 郊区jiāo qūsuburban district; outskirts; suburbs
• 郊游jiāo yóuto go for an outing; to go on an excursion
• 郊狼jiāo lángcoyote (Canis latrans)
• 郊野jiāo yěopen area outside the city; countryside
• 郊祀jiāo sìpair of annual sacrificial ceremonies held by the emperor in ancient times: one in the…

Words containing 郊

• 市郊shì jiāoouter city; suburb
• 近郊jìn jiāosuburbs; outskirts
• 城郊chéng jiāosuburbs; outskirts of a city
• 京郊Jīng jiāosuburbs of Beijing
• 荒郊huāng jiāodesolate area outside a town
• 远郊yuǎn jiāoouter suburbs; remote outskirts of a city
• 孟郊Mèng JiāoMeng Jiao (751-814), Tang dynasty essayist and poet
• 乡郊xiāng jiāo(Hong Kong) rural area on the outskirts of a town or city; rural-urban fringe
• 南郊区Nán jiāo qūNanjiao district of Datong city 大同市
• 近郊区jìn jiāo qūsuburbs; city outskirts
• 京郊日报Jīng jiāo Rì bàoBeijing Suburbs Daily, newspaper in operation 1980-2018
• 四郊sì jiāosuburb; outskirts (of town)

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
• 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 郊

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

• 邮yóupost (office); mail
• 邻línneighbor; adjacent; close to
• 郎láng(arch.) minister; official; noun prefix denoting function or status
• 郑zhèngused in 郑重
• 邵Shàosurname Shao; place name
• 邹Zōusurname Zou; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC) in the southeast of…

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
• 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