角

jiǎo

noun HSK 2 #1,916

Meanings

Zhège jiǎo shì jiǔshí dù.

This angle is ninety degrees.

Zhuōzi de jiǎo tài jiān le.

The corner of the table is too sharp.

Zhège dōngxi sān kuài wǔ jiǎo qián.

This thing costs three yuan and fifty cents.

usage

As currency: 角 = 0.1 yuan (formal). In spoken Chinese, people usually say 毛 (máo) instead.

mistakes

角 has two pronunciations: jiǎo (angle/corner/currency) and jué (role/character in a play).

角 jiǎo