jiao

See also: Jiao, jiāo, jiáo, jiǎo, and jiào

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 角 (jiǎo).

Noun

jiao (plural jiao)

(numismatics) A currency unit of the People's Republic of China, one tenth of a yuan.

Translations

a currency unit of the People's Republic of China, one tenth of a yuan

Chinese:
Cantonese: 毫 (hou⁴), 毫子 (hou⁴ zi²)

Mandarin: 角 (zh) (jiǎo), 毛 (zh) (máo) (colloquial), 角子 (zh) (jiǎozi) (regional), 毫 (zh) (háo) (dialectal)

Min Nan: 角 (kak)

Japanese: 角 (ja) (かく, kaku)
Korean: 각 (ko) (gak)
Russian: цзя́о (ru) m, n (czjáo)
Zhuang: gak

See also

yuan
fen

Mandarin

Romanization

jiao

Nonstandard spelling of jiāo.
Nonstandard spelling of jiáo.
Nonstandard spelling of jiǎo.
Nonstandard spelling of jiào.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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