教 (gaau3 gaau1 | jiao4 {jiao1}) : teach, instruct; academic

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教

gaau3 gaau1

jiao4 {jiao1}

[1] To teach, instruct, educate, edify. [2]Teaching, education, edification. [3] Academic. [4] A religious teaching; religious doctrine; a religion. | [Var.] 敎

Stroke count: 11

Level: 2

Radical: 攴 (#66)

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

教

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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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

家教 gaa1 gaau3 jia1 jiao4 = family education; to teach at home; a private teacher

教育 gaau3 juk6 jiao4 yu4 = education

教室 gaau3 sat1 jiao4 shi4 = classroom
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Showing all 5 examples containing 教

你嘅教師係邊個呀？
Who is your teacher?

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.

教仔女要慢慢解釋道理，開硬弓唔得咖粵
To teach children, one must explain the rationale; going by force won't work.

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

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