HSK Guide

教 jiāo — to teach

jiāo (first tone, high and level)jiao1

to teach

HSK 3· HSK 1–4 (classic)Level 3· Three-band, nine-level standardverb
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Meanings

  1. to teach

    To teach. It can take two objects at once — the learner and the subject: 他教我们汉语. Read jiào it means "religion" or "to cause", as in 教室 and 宗教.

    verb

Character breakdown

  • 教
    jiāo (first tone, high and level) jiào (fourth tone, falling)

    (jiāo) to teach, to instruct; (jiào) education, teaching; a religion

    11 strokes⿰孝攵Radical 攴

Example sentences

  • 王老师教我们汉语。王老師教我們漢語。Wáng (second tone, rising) lǎoshī (third tone, dipping) jiāo (first tone, high and level) wǒmen (third tone, dipping) Hànyǔ. (fourth tone, falling)···

    Teacher Wang teaches us Chinese.

  • 你能教我做这个菜吗？你能教我做這個菜嗎？Nǐ (third tone, dipping) néng (second tone, rising) jiāo (first tone, high and level) wǒ (third tone, dipping) zuò (fourth tone, falling) zhège (fourth tone, falling) cài (fourth tone, falling) ma? (neutral tone)···

    Could you teach me how to make this dish?

Common mistakes

  • Not quite他教汉语我。

    Correct他教我汉语。

    When 教 takes two objects, the person always comes first and the subject taught second: 教我汉语, 教学生数学.

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