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jiào = ji + ao4
surname Jiao
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jiāo = ji + ao1
to teach
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jiào = ji + ao4
religion / teaching / to make / to cause / to tell
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How to pronounce 教

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= ji initial

Ji is for Joan of Arc.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ ao1 final

In front of the aorta.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
= ji initial

Ji is for Joan of Arc.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ ao4 final

In the aorta’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

教 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
xiào = xi + ao4
filial piety or obedience / mourning apparel
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= pu + Ø1
variant of 攴[pu1]
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Characters with 教 as component

jiào = ji + ao4
Jiao river
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Words with 教

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church / chapel / CL:間|间[jian1]
instructor / sports coach / trainer / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
professor / to instruct / to lecture on / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

Sentences with 教

zěn
me
néng
jiāo
men
hǎo
hǎo
cāo
liàn
ne

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jiào / jiāo

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