教 (gaau3 gaau1 | jiao4 jiao1) : teach; religion

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教

gaau3 gaau1

jiao4 jiao1

[粵] gaau3 | [國] jiao4
[1] [v] teach; instruct; educate
[2] [n] religion; teaching; instruction
[3] [v] [colloquial] cause; make (oneself)

[粵] gaau1 | [國] jiao1
[v] [literary] permit; cause; make
(Note: The above set of readings are used only in poem recitation.)

[variant form] 敎

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Stroke count: 11

Level: 1

Radical: 攴 (#66)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

教

This word has been viewed 1 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 9th Aug 2013 05:41

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教主 gaau3 zyu2 jiao4 zhu3 = head of a religion; modern pop or film star worshipped by fans

聯合國教科文組織 lyun4 hap6 ho4 gap3 gwok3 gaau3 gaau1 fo1 man4 zou2 zik1 lian2 he2 guo2 jiao4 ke1 wen2 zu3 zhi1 = UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

教會 gaau3 wui6*2 jiao4 hui4 = church

教授 gaau3 sau6 jiao4 shou4 = professor

教書 gaau3 syu1 = to teach

教堂 gaau3 tong4/4*2 jiao4 tang2 = church

大教堂 daai6 gaau3 tong4 da4 jiao4 tang2 = cathedral

宗教 zung1 gaau3 zong1 jiao4 = religion

教師 gaau3 si1 jiao4 shi1 = teacher

教育界 gaau3 juk6 gaai3 jiao4 yu4 jie4 = educational circles
See all 173 compounds (CantoDict reports 196 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 7 examples containing 教

你嘅教師係邊個呀？
Who is your teacher?

教我做功課啦！ ?
Help me with my homework!
[Lit. teach me do homework]

我唔信教粵
I am not religious

你信乜嘢教呀? 粵
What is your religion?

教授畢竟是教授粵
Professors are (after all) professors.

教仔女要慢慢講道理，開硬弓唔得㗎。粵
To teach children, one must explain the rationale; going by force won't work.

今日所講嘅係國民教育。粵
What I'm going to talk today is national education.
[所 is used before the first verb 講 to form the first noun phrase 今日所講嘅, indicating that the second noun phrase (國民教育) must be a 'topic'. If 所 is omitted, the second noun phrase could either be a 'topic' or a 'speaker'. ]

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Decimal representation of this word: 教
Unicode code for this character: U+6559 (off-site link)

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