name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
jiao
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/dʒjaʊ/
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/dʒiˈaʊ/
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jyou
name
Meaning 2
A district of Yangquan, Shanxi, China.
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noun
Meaning 3
A currency unit of the People's Republic of China, one tenth of a yuan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, numismatics
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noun
Meaning 4
10 jiao equal 1 yuan in China
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Chinese monetary unit
History
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 焦 (Jiāo).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 郊 (Jiāo).
Borrowed from Mandarin 角 (jiǎo). Doublet of kak.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 郊 (Jiāo) — district
- Chinese Cantonese: 毫 (hou4) — a currency unit of the People's Republic of China, one tenth of a yuan
- Chinese Cantonese: 毫子 (hou4 zi2) — a currency unit of the People's Republic of China, one tenth of a yuan
- Chinese: 角 (kak) — a currency unit of the People's Republic of China, one tenth of a yuan
- Chinese Mandarin: 角 (jiǎo) — a currency unit of the People's Republic of China, one tenth of a yuan
- Chinese Mandarin: 毛 (máo) — a currency unit of the People's Republic of China, one tenth of a yuan
- Chinese Mandarin: 角子 (jiǎozi) — a currency unit of the People's Republic of China, one tenth of a yuan
- Chinese Mandarin: 毫 (háo) — a currency unit of the People's Republic of China, one tenth of a yuan
- Japanese: 角 (kaku) — a currency unit of the People's Republic of China, one tenth of a yuan
- Korean: 각 (gak) — a currency unit of the People's Republic of China, one tenth of a yuan
- Russian: цзя́о (czjáo) — a currency unit of the People's Republic of China, one tenth of a yuan
- Zhuang: gak — a currency unit of the People's Republic of China, one tenth of a yuan