jiǎo
angle
corner
horn
horn-shaped
unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan
CL:個|个[ge4]
jué
role (theater)
to compete
ancient three legged wine vessel
third note of pentatonic scale
jiǎo sè
persona
character in a novel
jué sè
role
character in a novel
persona
also pr. [jiao3 se4]
sì jiǎo
the four corners (of a rectangle)
the eaves that the four corners of a building
sǐ jiǎo
gap in coverage
gap in protection or defenses
neglected or overlooked area
dead end
kǒu jué
altercation
wrangle
angry argument
jué zhú
to tussle
to contend
to contest
bā jiǎo
anise
star anise
aniseed
octagonal
Fructus Anisi stellati
léng jiǎo
edge and corner
protrusion
sharpness (of a protrusion)
craggy
ridge corner
qīng jiǎo
dip
angle of dip (inclination of a geological plane down from horizontal)
tilt (inclination of ship from vertical)
shì jiǎo
viewpoint
angle on sth
perspective
zhǎn lù tóu jiǎo
to reveal outstanding talent (idiom); to stand out as conspicuously brilliant
qiáng jiǎo
corner (junction of two walls)
zhuǎn jiǎo
bend in a street
corner
to turn a corner
jué lì
wrestling
a trial of strength
pèi jué
supporting role (in play, film etc)
minor role
to play a secondary role (in business etc)
to play second fiddle
Tiān yá hǎi jiǎo
Cape Haijiao in Sanya 三亞|三亚[Sān yà], Hainan
yǎn jiǎo
outer or inner corner of the eye
canthus
tiān yá hǎi jiǎo
the ends of the earth
separated worlds apart
Wàng Jiǎo
Mong Kok (area in Hong Kong)
fèng máo lín jiǎo
lit. phoenix feather and unicorn horn, fig. an extremely rare object (idiom)
guǎng jiǎo
wide-angle
panoramic
fig. wide perspective
panorama
jiǎo mó yán
keratitis (inflammation of the cornea)
líng jiǎo
water caltrop or water chestnut (genus Trapa)
gōu xīn dòu jiǎo
to fight and scheme against each other (idiom)
(in palace construction) elaborate and refined
sān jiǎo jī
deltoid muscle (over the shoulder)
jiá jiǎo
the angle (between two lines)
fàn zhū sān jiǎo
Pan-Pearl River delta
The nine provinces of Southern China around Guangzhou and the Pearl River delta
South China
wā jué
to poach (talent, personnel from competitors)
to raid (a competitor for its talent)
Taiwan pr. [wa1 jiao3]
Jīn sān jiǎo
Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia)
tóu jiǎo
youngster's talent
brilliance of youth
jiǎo qiú
corner kick (in soccer)
free strike in hockey
dú jiǎo xì
monodrama
one-man show
comic talk
sì jiǎo hào mǎ
four corner code (input method for Chinese characters)
xié jiǎo
bevel angle
oblique angle
zuān niú jiǎo jiān
lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem
to bash one's head against a brick wall
a wild goose chase
a blind alley
to split hairs
sān jiǎo guān xì
triangle relationship
a love triangle
Shā Tóu Jiǎo
Sha Tau Kok (town in Hong Kong)
biān jiǎo liào
scrap
bits and pieces left over
Zhāng Jué
Zhang Jue (-184), leader of the Yellow turban rebels during the late Han
chǒu jué
clown role in opera
fig. joker
clown
bìn jiǎo
temples
hair on the temples
dǐng jiǎo
angle at apex
summit angle
cusp
guǎi wān mò jiǎo
lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom)
fig. to speak in a roundabout way
to equivocate
to beat about the bush
jiǎo dàn bái
keratin (protein forming nails and feathers etc)
hǎi jiǎo tiān yá
see 天涯海角[tian1 ya2 hai3 jiao3]
piān jiǎo
angle of drift (navigation)
deflection (from course)
angle of divergence
sān jiǎo bǎn
set square
triangle (for drawing right angles)
dàn jiǎo
Dan, female roles in Chinese opera (played by specialized male actors)
jiǎo zi
one Jiao coin (Mao, one-tenth of yuan)
sān jiǎo zhuī
triangular pyramid (math.)
jiāo jiǎo
angle of intersection
angle at which two lines meet
bā jiǎo huí xiāng
Chinese anise
star anise
Fructus Anisi stellati
jiǎo gōng
bow decorated with animal horns
jiǎo chǐ
set square (tool to measure right angles)
Bā jiǎo jiē
Barkhor street, central business area and pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet
same as 八廓街[Bā kùo jiē]
yú jiǎo
complementary angle (additional angle adding to 90 degrees)
zhí jiǎo chǐ
a set square (carpenter's tool)
jiǎo shǎn shí
hornblende (rock-forming mineral, type of amphibole)
Jiǎo xiāo
Screech-owl (genus Megascops, a.k.a. Otus)
gōu xīn dòu jiǎo
variant of 勾心鬥角|勾心斗角[gou1 xin1 dou4 jiao3]
zhuǎn wān mò jiǎo
see 拐彎抹角|拐弯抹角[guai3 wan1 mo4 jiao3]
Cháng sān jiǎo jīng jì qū
Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone (economic region including Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu)
Tián zhōng Jiǎo róng
Tanaka Kakuei (1918-1993), Japanese politician, prime minister 1972-1974
liù jiǎo xīng
six-pointed star
hexagram
star of David
jiǎo gōng fǎn zhāng
opitoshtonous (med.), muscular spasm of the body associated with tetanus and meningitis
Sān diāo jiǎo
Cape San Diego or Santiao, easternmost point of Taiwan Island
duì dǐng jiǎo
angle to the vertical
angle (between two lines or two planes)
Fù guì jiǎo
Cape Fukuei, the northernmost point of Taiwan Island
chū lù tóu jiǎo
lit. to first show one's horns (idiom); fig. a first show of emerging talent
first sign of emerging talent
budding genius
cuò jiǎo
alternate angles (where one line meets two parallel lines)
gōng shāng jué zhǐ yǔ
pre-Tang names of the five notes of the pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la
Yáng jiǎo cūn
Giethoorn (city in the Netherlands)
piān zhuǎn jiǎo
angle of drift (navigation)
deflection (from course)
angle of divergence
fàn zhū jiāng sān jiǎo
the Pan-Pearl river delta (economic zone including the 5 provinces around Guangzhou and Hong Kong)
yǎn shè jiǎo
angle of diffraction (physics)
Kǎ nà wéi lā ěr jiǎo
Cape Canaveral, Florida, home of Kennedy space center 肯尼迪航天中心[Ken3 ni2 di2 Hang2 tian1 Zhong1 xin1]
qián fáng jiǎo
anterior chamber (the front chamber of the eye)
tóu jiǎo zhēng róng
promise of brilliant young person (idiom); showing extraordinary gifts
yáng jiǎo fēng
variant of 羊角風|羊角风[yang2 jiao3 feng1]
zuān niú jiǎo
lit. honing a bull's horn; fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem
to bash one's head against a brick wall
a wild goose chase
a blind alley
to split hairs
same as idiom 鑽牛角尖|钻牛角尖
Jīn jiǎo wān
Zolotoy Rog or Golden Horn Bay in Vladivostok (famous for its pollution)
jiǎo huí
angular gyrus (convolution of the brain)
xián qiē jiǎo
chord angle (i.e. angle a chord of a curve makes to the tangent)
bǎo jiǎo
(math.) angle-preserving
conformal
sān jiǎo zuò
Triangulum (constellation)
yáng jiǎo dòu
okra (Hibiscus esculentus)
lady's fingers
dú jiǎo jīng
narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
xuán zhuǎn jiǎo sù dù
rotational angular velocity
jí jiǎo
polar angle
argument (angle in polar coordinates)
Cháng jiāng sān jiǎo zhōu jīng jì qū
Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone (economic region including Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu)
niǔ jiǎo líng
takin (Budorcas taxicolor)
goat-antelope
míng jué r
erhua variant of 名角[ming2 jue2]
jiǎo dīng
corner bracket (for securing the corner of a picture frame etc)
brad
lǎn jiǎo
black olive (Canarium tramdenum)
jiǎo piào
banknote in Jiao units (Mao, one-tenth of yuan)
niú jiǎo jiāo
Cayenne pepper
red pepper
chili
sān jiǎo cè liáng fǎ
triangulation (surveying)
sān děng fēn jiǎo
trisection (math.)
trisecting an angle
pěng jué
to praise an actor
adulation
nán sān jiǎo zuò
Triangulum Australe (constellation)
Fǔ yuǎn sān jiǎo zhōu
Bolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River opposite Khabarovsk
same as Heixiazi Island 黑瞎子島|黑瞎子岛
shuāng jiǎo xī
two-horned rhinoceros
Dicerorhinini
pǔ tōng jiǎo shǎn shí
hornblende (rock-forming mineral, type of amphibole)
gān biǎn dòu jiǎo
green beans in sauce, popular Beijing dish
jiǎo yǐ
chair designed to fit in corner of a room
zhuǎn biàn mò jiǎo
lit. (of road) winding and turning (idiom); to speak in a roundabout way
to equivocate
to beat about the bush
pà sī kǎ sān jiǎo xíng
Pascal's Triangle (math.)
Kěn ní dí jiǎo
Cape Kennedy, name 1963-1973 of Cape Canaveral 卡納維拉爾角|卡纳维拉尔角[Ka3 na4 wei2 la1 er3 jiao3], Florida
Yī luò wǎ dǐ sān jiǎo zhōu
Irrawaddy delta in south Myanmar (Burma)
cháng jiǎo yáng
Tibetan long horned antelope
Hā fēng jiǎo
Cape Ras Hafun, Somalia, the easternmost point in Africa
pěng jué r
erhua variant of 捧角[peng3 jue2]
lín jiǎo fèng zuǐ
lit. qilin's horn, phoenix's mouth (idiom)
fig. rara avis
rarity
bā jiǎo chuáng
traditional-style canopy bed
yáng jiǎo qín
ground-elder (Aegopodium podagraria)
fēn jiǎo qì
a protractor (device to divide angles)
zhí jiǎo qì
a set square (carpenter's tool)
jiǎo jì
high-class prostitute
courtesan
Míng jiǎo xiāo
Screech-owl (genus Megascops, a.k.a. Otus)
wài cuò jiǎo
outer alternate angles (where one line meets two parallel lines)
sì jiǎo zhù tǐ
cuboid
rectangular prism (math.)
suàn róng dòu jiǎo
green beans in garlic sauce
jiǎo jì
high-class prostitute
courtesan
biān jiǎo kē
leftover bits and pieces (of industrial, material)
jiǎo zhēn
beck iron (corner of anvil)
bǎo jiǎo duì yìng
(math.) distance-preserving correspondence
conformal map
jiǎo qū chǐ
miter square (tool to measure angles)
tì jué r
erhua variant of 替角[ti4 jue2]
jiǎo fēn fú hào
prime symbol (′) (math., linguistics etc)
jiǎo zuǐ hǎi què
(bird species of China) rhinoceros auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata)
jiǎo bǎi líng
(bird species of China) horned lark (Eremophila alpestris)
jiǎo miǎo fú hào
double prime symbol (″) (math., linguistics etc)
yào jiǎo
significant role
major figure
xī lǐng jiǎo xiāo
(bird species of China) collared scops owl (Otus lettia)
xī hóng jiǎo xiāo
(bird species of China) Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops)
yī jiǎo
corner of the lower hem of a jacket etc
Yīng yǔ jiǎo
English corner
spoken English practice group
zòng wén jiǎo xiāo
(bird species of China) pallid scops owl (Otus brucei)
hóng jiǎo xiāo
(bird species of China) oriental scops owl (Otus sunia)
jiǎo zhì céng
stratum corneum (outermost layer of the skin)
hēi hóu máo jiǎo yàn
(bird species of China) Nepal house martin (Delichon nipalense)
huáng fù jiǎo zhì
(bird species of China) Cabot's tragopan (Tragopan caboti)
huáng zuǐ jiǎo xiāo
(bird species of China) mountain scops owl (Otus spilocephalus)
lǐng jiǎo xiāo
(bird species of China) Japanese scops owl (Otus semitorques)
shuāng jiǎo xī niǎo
(bird species of China) great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)
Cháng Sān jiǎo Jīng jì Qū
Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone (economic region including Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu)
Cháng Sān jiǎo
Yangtze River Delta
abbr. for 長江三角洲|长江三角洲
dòu jiǎo r
erhua variant of 豆角[dou4 jiao3]
dòu jiǎo
string bean
snap bean
green bean
jiǎo pì tī
(bird species of China) horned grebe (Podiceps auritus)
jiǎo xiāo
screech owl (genus Megascops, a.k.a. Otus)
hēi tóu jiǎo zhì
(bird species of China) western tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus)
hóng fù jiǎo zhì
(bird species of China) Temminck's tragopan (Tragopan temminckii)
hóng xiōng jiǎo zhì
(bird species of China) satyr tragopan (Tragopan satyra)
mò jiǎo lán
marjoram (Origanum majorana)
chún jiǎo
corner of the mouth
labial angle
fǎn jué
bad guy (in a story)
villain
Nán sān jiǎo zuò
Triangulum Australe (constellation)
Běi Jiǎo
North Point district of Hong Kong
Bā jiǎo Jiē
Barkhor street, central business area and pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet
same as 八廓街[Ba1 kuo4 Jie1]
Wǔ jiǎo chǎng
Wujiaochang neighborhood of Shanghai, adjacent to Fudan University
chǒu jué
clown role in opera
clown
buffoon
Sān jiǎo zuò
Triangulum (constellation)
Dà jiǎo xīng
Arcturus (brightest star in the constellation Boötes 牧夫座[Mu4 fu1 zuo4])
Tiān yá Hǎi jiǎo
Cape Haijiao in Sanya 三亞|三亚[San1 ya4], Hainan
zào jiǎo
Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis)
Liú qiú jiǎo xiāo
(bird species of China) Ryukyu scops owl (Otus elegans)
niú jiǎo guà shū
lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom)
fig. to be diligent in one's studies
huī fù jiǎo zhì
(bird species of China) Blyth's tragopan (Tragopan blythii)
zhèng jué
good guy (in a story)
hero
yǒu léng yǒu jiǎo
(of a shape) sharp and clearcut
(of a person) definite in his opinion
dàn jué
dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)
zhé jiǎo
to fold the corner of a page
to dog-ear
jiā jiǎo
angle (between two intersecting lines)
sān jiǎo jīn
sling (for a wounded arm)