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酵

jiào

Character

What 酵 means

1. yeast; leaven
2. fermentation
3. Taiwan pr. xiào

Example sentences

• 酒被放在桶里发酵。
  Jiǔ bèi fàng zài tǒng lǐ fājiào.
  Wine is put in barrels to mature.
• 面包是用面粉和水做的，有时还会加入发酵粉。
  Miànbāo shì yòng miànfěn hé shuǐ zuò de, yǒushí hái huì jiārù fājiào fěn.
  Bread is made from flour, water, and often yeast.

Words starting with 酵

• 酵母jiào mǔyeast; saccharomycete (abbr. for 酵母菌
• 酵素jiào sùenzyme
• 酵母菌jiào mǔ jūnyeast; saccharomycete
• 酵母醇jiào mǔ chúnzymosterol
• 酵解作用jiào jiě zuò yòngzymolysis

Words containing 酵

• 发酵fā jiàoto ferment; (fig.) (of trends, emotions or repercussions etc) to bubble away; to simmer…
• 糖酵解táng jiào jiěglycolysis (anaerobic metabolism of glucose)
• 酦酵fā jiàovariant of 发酵

Characters built on 孝

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

• 教jiāoto teach; to instruct
• 哮xiàopant; roar; bark (of animals)

Characters that look like 酵

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

• 酸suānsour; tart; sick at heart
• 醇chúnalcohol; wine with high alcohol content; rich
• 醋cùvinegar; jealousy (in love rivalry)
• 孵fūbreeding; to incubate; to hatch
• 锵qiāngtinkling of small bells
• 肆sìfour (banker's anti-fraud numeral); unrestrained; wanton

Sounds the same

Read jiào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 叫to shout; to call; to order
• 较(bound form) to compare; (literary) to dispute; compared to
• 轿sedan chair; palanquin; litter
• 觉a nap; a sleep
• 校to check; to collate; to proofread
• 教(bound form) to teach; to instruct; a religion; to cause (sb to do sth)…
• 嚼used in 倒嚼
• 窖cellar; to store in a cellar
• 醮to perform sacrifice
• 滘place name in Guangdong
• 峤highest peak
• 挍compare; criticize