教
Meaning
- to teach; to instruct
Example sentence
他不信教。
He is not religious.
The character 教
教 is jiāo when it is the act — 教中文, to teach Chinese — and jiào in almost everything built from it: 教育 education, 教室 the classroom, 教授 a professor, 教练 a coach.
Words containing 教
- 教学楼 jiào xué lóu school building; academic building
- 教师 jiào shī teacher
- 教室 jiào shì classroom
- 教学 jiào xué teaching; instruction
- 教育 jiào yù to educate
- 教材 jiào cái teaching material
- 教练 jiào liàn to coach; to train
- 请教 qǐng jiào to ask for guidance
- 教授 jiào shòu professor
- 教训 jiào xun to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid