教

jiāo

verb HSK 1 #631

Meanings

1 to teach
2 to instruct

Characters

to teach; to instruct

孝 (filial piety) + 攵 (to strike) — teaching through discipline

Examples

谁教你们中文？

Shéi jiāo nǐmen zhōngwén?

Who teaches you Chinese?

我教你怎么做。

Wǒ jiāo nǐ zěnme zuò.

I'll teach you how to do it.

她教了我很多。

Tā jiāo le wǒ hěn duō.

She taught me a lot.

Tips

usage

教 has two pronunciations: jiāo (to teach) and jiào (teaching; religion), as in 教室 (jiàoshì, classroom) and 教育 (jiàoyù, education).

Stroke Order

教 jiāo