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qiáo = qi + ao2
surname Qiao
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qiáo = qi + ao2
tall
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How to pronounce 喬

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.

= qi initial

Qi is for the Queen of Hearts.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ ao2 final

In the aorta’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

喬 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
tūn = tu + (e)n1
variant of 吞[tun1]
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archaic variant of 坰[jiong1]
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Characters with 喬 as component

qiáo = qi + ao2
nimble / walk on stilts
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jiǎo = ji + ao3
(fish)
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Words with 喬

bourgeois (loanword) / also written 布爾喬亞|布尔乔亚
Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷故事集[Kan3 te4 bo2 lei2 Gu4 shi4 Ji2]

Sentences with 喬

喬 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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qiáo

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