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jiǎo = ji + ao3
by mere luck
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How to pronounce 侥

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
+ ao3 final

In the aorta’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

侥 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
rén = r + (e)n2
"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)
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yáo = y + ao2
surname Yao / Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of Five legendary Emperors 五帝[wu3 di4], second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4]
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Characters with 侥 as component

侥 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 侥

luckily / by a fluke
trusting to luck / wishful thinking
Jiao Yao / legendary dwarf / legendary pygmy race / archaic name of a southwestern non-Han tribe

Sentences with 侥

侥 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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jiǎo

by mere luck

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