jiao

See also: Jiao, jiāo, jiáo, jiǎo, and jiào

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 角 (jiǎo). Doublet of kak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒjaʊ/, /dʒiˈaʊ/

Noun

jiao (plural jiao)

1. (numismatics) A currency unit of the People's Republic of China, one tenth of a yuan.

Translations

a currency unit of the People's Republic of China, one tenth of a yuan

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 毫 (hou⁴), 毫子 (hou⁴ zi²)

  Hokkien: 角 (kak)

  Mandarin: 角 (zh) (jiǎo), 毛 (zh) (máo) (colloquial), 角子 (zh) (jiǎozi) (regional), 毫 (zh) (háo) (dialectal)

• Japanese: 角 (ja) (かく, kaku)
• Korean: 각 (ko) (gak)
• Russian: цзя́о (ru) m or n (czjáo)
• Zhuang: gak

See also

• yuan
• fen

Anagrams

• Ojai

Mandarin

Romanization

jiao

1. Nonstandard spelling of jiāo.
2. Nonstandard spelling of jiáo.
3. Nonstandard spelling of jiǎo.
4. Nonstandard spelling of jiào.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.