Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

suburb

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “jiao” becomes a different word in each tone. 郊 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 郊区jiāo qūsuburban district; outskirts; suburbs
  • 郊外jiāo wàioutskirts
  • 郊游jiāo yóuto go for an outing; to go on an excursion
  • 四郊sì jiāosuburb; outskirts (of town)
  • 市郊shì jiāoouter city; suburb

Example Sentence

周末,全家人一起去郊外游玩。Zhōu mò, quán jiā rén yì qǐ qù jiāo wài yóu wán.On the weekend, the whole family went on an outing to the suburbs.

周末Zhōu mòweekend全家quán jiāFamilyMart (convenience strénperson一起yì qǐ(in) the same placeto go郊外jiāo wàioutskirts游玩yóu wánto amuse oneself