教jiāoto teach; to instruct
教 (jiāo) means "to teach; to instruct." It appears in 王老师教我们汉语。 (Teacher Wang teaches us Chinese.) and 我教你写这个字。 (I'll teach you to write this character.) In the dialogue, B says Teacher Wang teaches them Chinese. Then A cannot write a character, and B offers to teach A.
What does 教 mean?
- 1.
to teach; to instructverb
What does the character 教 mean?
- 教to teach; to instruct
How do you use 教?
See it in 教我们汉语 and 教你写
What are some examples of 教 in a sentence?
How is 教 used in a conversation?
- Speaker A:
谁教你们汉语?
Shéi jiāo nǐmen Hànyǔ?
Who teaches you Chinese?
- Speaker B:
王老师教我们汉语。
Wáng lǎoshī jiāo wǒmen Hànyǔ.
Teacher Wang teaches us Chinese.
- Speaker A:
这个字我不会写。
Zhège zì wǒ bú huì xiě.
I can't write this character.
- Speaker B:
我教你写这个字。
Wǒ jiāo nǐ xiě zhège zì.
I'll teach you to write this character.
Can you use 教 correctly?
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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.