chiao
[ jyou ]
/ dʒyaʊ /
noun, plural chiao. Wade-Giles.
jiao.
Words nearby chiao
chiang mai,
chiangling,
chianina,
chianti,
chiantishire,
chiao,
chiaochou,
chiapas,
chiari's syndrome,
chiaroscuro,
chiasma
Definition for chiao (2 of 2)
jiao
or chiao
[ jyou ]
/ dʒyaʊ /
noun, plural jiao.
a copper-zinc coin and monetary unit of the People's Republic of China, the 10th part of a yuan, equal to 10 fen.
Origin of jiao
First recorded in 1970–75,
jiao is from the Chinese word
jiǎo
Example sentences from the Web for chiao
Two heroes are each in love with two heroines, and just as in the Y Chiao Li, each hero marries both.
A History of Chinese Literature |Herbert A. Giles