教 jiāo — to teach

Meanings

1. 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.

Similar words

Words containing 教

• 教育jiào (fourth tone, falling) yù (fourth tone, falling)to educate
• 教授jiào (fourth tone, falling) shòu (fourth tone, falling)professor
• 教练/教練jiào (fourth tone, falling) liàn (fourth tone, falling)instructor
• 教室jiàoshì (fourth tone, falling)classroom
• 教师/教師jiào (fourth tone, falling) shī (first tone, high and level)teacher
• 教训/教訓jiào (fourth tone, falling) xun (neutral tone)lesson
• 宗教zōng (first tone, high and level) jiào (fourth tone, falling)religion
• 教学/教學jiào (fourth tone, falling) xué (second tone, rising)teaching
• 教堂jiào (fourth tone, falling) táng (second tone, rising)church
• 家教jiā (first tone, high and level) jiào (fourth tone, falling)family education
• 基督教Jī (first tone, high and level) dū (first tone, high and level) jiào (fourth tone, falling)Christianity
• 请教/請教qǐng (third tone, dipping) jiào (fourth tone, falling)to ask for guidance
• 教科书/教科書jiào (fourth tone, falling) kē (first tone, high and level) shū (first tone, high and level)textbook
• 佛教Fó (second tone, rising) jiào (fourth tone, falling)Buddhism
• 教养/教養jiào (fourth tone, falling) yǎng (third tone, dipping)to train
• 天主教Tiān (first tone, high and level) zhǔ (third tone, dipping) jiào (fourth tone, falling)Catholicism
• 教材jiào (fourth tone, falling) cái (second tone, rising)teaching material