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  gaau3 gaau1   jyutping
  jiao4 jiao1   pinyin
[] gaau3 | [] jiao4
[1] [v] teach; instruct; educate
[2] [n] religion; teaching; instruction
[3] [v] [colloquial] cause; make (oneself)

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

[variant form]
Default PoS: verb Additional PoS: noun
Stroke count: 11
Level: 1
Radical: (#66)

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

This word has been viewed 26452 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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detail  gaau3 zyu2  jiao4 zhu3 = head of a religion; modern pop or film star worshipped by fans
detail  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
detail  gaau3 wui6*2  jiao4 hui4 = church
detail  gaau3 sau6  jiao4 shou4 = professor
detail  gaau3 syu1   = to teach
detail  gaau3 tong4/4*2  jiao4 tang2 = church
detail  daai6 gaau3 tong4  da4 jiao4 tang2 = cathedral
detail  zung1 gaau3  zong1 jiao4 = religion
detail  gaau3 si1  jiao4 shi1 = teacher
detail  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
detail audio 你嘅教師邊個
Who is your teacher?
detail 做功課  ? 
Help me with my homework!
[Lit. teach me do homework]
detail audio 信教
I am not religious
detail audio 乜嘢?
What is your religion?
detail 教授畢竟教授
Professors are (after all) professors.
detail 仔女慢慢講道理開硬弓唔得
To teach children, one must explain the rationale; going by force won't work.
detail 今日國民教育
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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