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骄

jiāo

HSK 4 Character Traditional 驕

What 骄 means

1. proud
2. arrogant

Example sentences

• 骄兵必败。
  Pride goes before a fall.
• 骄傲使人落后。
  Pride goes before a fall.
• 我真为她骄傲。
  I'm so proud of her.
• 我一直为您骄傲。
  I've always been proud of you.
• 骄傲是人类的弱点。
  Jiāo'ào shì rénlèi de ruòdiǎn.
  Human pride is human weakness.
• 我为哥哥感到骄傲。
  I'm proud of my older brother.

Words starting with 骄

• 骄傲jiāo àopride; arrogance; conceited
• 骄阳jiāo yángblazing sun
• 骄人jiāo rénworthy of pride; impressive; enviable
• 骄横jiāo hèngarrogant; overbearing
• 骄气jiāo qiarrogance
• 骄纵jiāo zòngarrogant and willful
• 骄兵必败jiāo bīng bì bàilit. an arrogant army is bound to lose (idiom); fig. pride goes before a fall
• 骄者必败jiāo zhě bì bàipride goes before a fall (idiom)
• 骄阳似火jiāo yáng sì huǒthe sun shines fiercely
• 骄奢淫逸jiāo shē yín yìextravagant and dissipated; decadent
• 骄矜jiāo jīnhaughty; proud
• 骄奢淫佚jiāo shē yín yìvariant of 骄奢淫逸

Words containing 骄

• 戒骄戒躁jiè jiāo jiè zàoto guard against pride and impatience (idiom); to remain modest and keep cool
• 胜不骄，败不馁shèng bù jiāo , bài bù něino arrogance in victory, no despair in defeat
• 虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后xū xīn shǐ rén jìn bù , jiāo ào shǐ rén luò hòumodesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong)

Characters built on 乔

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

• 桥qiáobridge
• 娇jiāolovable; pampered; tender
• 侨qiáoemigrant; to reside abroad
• 轿jiàosedan chair; palanquin; litter
• 矫jiáoused in 矫情
• 荞qiáocommon mallow (Malva sinensis); variant of 荞
• 峤jiàohighest peak
• 挢jiǎoto raise; to lift; to pretend

Characters that look like 骄

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

• 桥qiáobridge
• 拼pīnto piece together; to put together; to pool (resources etc); to share; to risk all…
• 轿jiàosedan chair; palanquin; litter
• 狒fèihamadryad baboon
• 梆bāngwatchman's rattle
• 肼jǐnghydrazine

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
• 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