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

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

= + : In the aorta's bathroom, Joan of Arc and Linus Pauling are comparing their cabriolets.
a nap / a sleep / CL:場|场[chang2]

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

= + : 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.
variant of 叫[jiao4]

= + : 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.
religion / teaching / to make / to cause / to tell

= + : 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.
surname Jiao
used in 倒嚼[dao3 jiao4]
yeast; leaven / fermentation / Taiwan pr. [xiao4]
yeast / leavening / fermentation / Taiwan pr. [xiao4]
sedan chair / palanquin / litter
to perform sacrifice
place name in Guangdong
cellar
variant of 教[jiao4]
highest peak