"jiao" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dʒjaʊ/, /dʒiˈaʊ/ Forms: jiao [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 角 (jiǎo). Doublet of kak. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|角}} 角 (jiǎo), {{doublet|en|kak}} Doublet of kak Head templates: {{en-noun|jiao}} jiao (plural jiao)
  1. (numismatics) A currency unit of the People's Republic of China, one tenth of a yuan. Categories (topical): Currencies Categories (place): China Related terms: yuan, fen Translations (a currency unit of the People's Republic of China, one tenth of a yuan): (kak) [Hokkien] (Chinese), (hou⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 毫子 (hou⁴ zi²) (Chinese Cantonese), (jiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), (máo) [colloquial] (Chinese Mandarin), 角子 (jiǎozi) [regional] (Chinese Mandarin), (háo) [dialectal] (Chinese Mandarin), (kaku) (alt: かく) (Japanese), (gak) (Korean), цзя́о (czjáo) [masculine, neuter] (Russian), gak (Zhuang)

Inflected forms

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