Pinyin "jiao4"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "jiao4" is split up into two parts: "ji" and "ao4". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "ji"

Ji is for Joan of Arc.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "ao4"

In the aorta's bathroom.

Characters pronounced jiao4

教

jiào = ji + ao4

surname Jiao

教

jiào = ji + ao4

religion / teaching / to make / to cause / to tell

教 = 孝 + 攵 : Joan of Arc joined an apocalyptic religious sect that taught her to dig her own grave. Wearing a mourning veil, she breaks the floor of the aorta's bathroom open using a sledgehammer.

叫

jiào = ji + ao4

to shout / to call / to order / to ask / to be called / by (indicates agent in the passive mood)

叫 = 丩 + 口 : Joan of Arc rushes into the aorta's bathroom with a mandarin on a roast fork and shouts that the mandarins are ready to be picked up.

叫

呌

jiào = ji + ao4

variant of 叫[jiao4]

叫 = 丩 + 口 : Joan of Arc rushes into the aorta's bathroom with a mandarin on a roast fork and shouts that the mandarins are ready to be picked up.

觉

覺

jiào = ji + ao4

a nap / a sleep / CL:場|场[chang2]

觉 = 小 + 冖 + 见 : There have been reports of illegal sleepovers in Angkor Wat's bathroom, so Joan of Arc wants to get to the bottom of it. She plans to film the intruders with a surveillance camera, but at the same time she may not be discovered, so she hides under a cooking top which is in turn covered up with daisies. However her attempt at filming the sleepovers fail: as the night comes, she falls asleep herself in her hideout.

校

jiào = ji + ao4

to proofread / to check / to compare

校

jiào = ji + ao4

to check; to collate; to proofread

较

較

jiào = ji + ao4

to compare / to dispute / compared to / (before adj.) relatively / comparatively / rather / also pr. [jiao3]

较 = 交 + 车 : In the aorta's bathroom, Joan of Arc and Linus Pauling are comparing their cabriolets.

酵