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Jyutping gaau1
Pinyin jiào

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. religion
  2. teaching
  3. to make
  4. to cause
  5. to tell
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to impart

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Jyutping gaau3
Pinyin jiāo

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to teach
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    to teach; to instruct
    • 我來教你。
      我来教你。
      wǒ lái jiāo nǐ .
      Let me teach you.

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Jyutping gaau3
Pinyin jiào

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. surname Jiao
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. (verb) to discipline (a kid)
  2. religion/teaching/to make/to cause/to tell/to instruct/to teach/to educate
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    指導​;​將知識​、​價值觀​或​方法​傳授​畀​其他人​,​或​藉此​啓​發​其他人​嘅​思考
    to teach; to instruct; to educate; to coach
    • 教書
      教书
      gaau3 syu1
      to teach at a school
    • 教仔
      教仔
      gaau3 zai2
      to parent a kid
    • 教壞細路
      教坏细路
      gaau3 waai6 sai3 lou6
      to set a bad example for the kids
    • 陳先生上年都有教過我。
      陈先生上年都有教过我。
      can4 sin1 saang1 soeng6 nin2 dou1 jau5 gaau3 gwo3 ngo5.
      Mr. Chan also taught me last year.
    • 我喺中學教英文。
      我喺中学教英文。
      ngo5 hai2 zung1 hok6 gaau3 jing1 man2.
      I teach English at a secondary school.
    • 佢教識我點踩單車。
      佢教识我点踩单车。
      keoi5 gaau3 sik1 ngo5 dim2 caai2 daan1 ce1.
      He taught me how to ride a bike.
    • 啲阿爸阿媽都唔知點教㗎!
      啲阿爸阿妈都唔知点教㗎!
      di1 aa3 baa4 aa3 maa1 dou1 m4 zi1 dim2 gaau3 gaa3!
      What a nasty, uneducated little brat! (literally 'How the hell do those parents teach their kids?!')
  2. 名詞
    宗教​、​信仰​(​量​詞​:​個​)
    religion
    • 基督教
      基督教
      gei1 duk1 gaau3
      Christianity
    • 信教
      信教
      seon3 gaau3
      to have a faith
    • 你有冇信咩教㗎?
      你有冇信咩教㗎?
      nei5 jau5 mou5 seon3 me1 gaau3 gaa3?
      Do you have some kind of faith?
    • 佢個教唔准婚前性行為嘅。
      佢个教唔准婚前性行为嘅。
      keoi5 go3 gaau3 m4 zeon2 fan1 cin4 sing3 hang4 wai4 ge3.
      Her religion doesn't allow her to have sex before marriage.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    etiquette; rules; customs
  2. character, Min-Nan, obsolete
    to tell (someone to do something); to let; to instruct
  3. character
    a surname
  4. character
    to provide guidance; to instruct
  5. character
    religion; faith; religious teachings
    • 你信什麼教?
      你信什么教?
      nǐ xìn shén me jiào ?
      What is your religion?
  6. character
    to cause; to make
    • 啊!微風吹動了我的頭髮,教我如何不想她?
      啊!微风吹动了我的头发,教我如何不想她?
      a ! wēi fēng chuī dòng le wǒ de tóu fà , jiào wǒ rú hé bù xiǎng tā ?
      X
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. teach, class
  2. Cangjie Input
    JDOK
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 一级词汇表 #175
  2. HSK3 一级汉字表 #107
  3. HSK3 初等手写字表 #109
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    世界上的教育都让我失望。
    世界上的教育都讓我失望。
    shì jiè shàng de jiào yù dōu ràng wǒ shī wàng 。
    • Education in this world disappoints me.
  2. Mandarin
    他是哈佛大学的生物学教授。
    他是哈佛大學的生物學教授。
    tā shì hā fó dà xué de shēng wù xué jiào shòu 。
    • He's a professor of biology at Harvard.
  3. Mandarin
    现在的人教育程度比以前高得多。
    現在的人教育程度比以前高得多。
    xiàn zài de rén jiào yù chéng dù bǐ yǐ qián gāo dé duō 。
    • People are more educated now than they used to be.
    • The level of education of contemporary people is far higher than it has been in the past.
  4. Mandarin
    他告诉了我们许多经验教训。
    他告訴了我們許多經驗教訓。
    tā gào sù le wǒ men xǔ duō jīng yàn jiào xun 。
    • He told us many lessons.
  5. Mandarin
    我会教你怎么开车。
    我會教你怎麼開車。
    wǒ huì jiào nǐ zěn me kāi chē 。
    • I'll teach you how to drive a car.
    • I can teach you how to drive.
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    我阿爸喺中学度教英文。
    我阿爸喺中學度教英文。
    ngo5 aa3 baa1 hai2 zung1 hok6 dou6 gaau3 jing1 man4 。
    • My father teaches English at a high school.
  2. Cantonese
    阿 Bob 老豆喺女校教书。
    阿 Bob 老豆喺女校教書。
    aa3 bi1 o b lou5 dau6 hai2 neoi5 haau6 gaau3 syu1 。
    • Bob's father teaches at a girls' school.
  3. Cantonese
    可唔可以教我?
    可唔可以教我?
    ho2 m4 ho2 ji5 gaau3 ngo5 ?
    • Can you teach me?
  4. Cantonese
    而家啲人啲教育程度高过以前好多。
    而家啲人啲教育程度高過以前好多。
    ji4 gaa1 di1 jan4 di1 gaau3 juk6 cing4 dou6 gou1 gwo3 ji5 cin4 hou2 do1 。
    • People are more educated now than they used to be.
  5. Cantonese
    山田老师系教物理定化学㗎?
    山田老師係教物理定化學㗎?
    saan1 tin4 lou5 si1 hai6 gaau3 mat6 lei5 ding6 faa3 hok6 gaa3 ?
    • Is Mr Yamada a physics or chemistry teacher?
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢哋虽然唔信教,但系系读教会学校嘅,所以都识少少圣经。
    佢哋雖然唔信教,但係係讀教會學校嘅,所以都識少少聖經。
    keoi5 dei6 seoi1 jin4 m4 seon3 gaau3, daan6 hai6 hai6 duk6 gaau3 wui2 hok6 haau6 ge3, so2 ji5 dou1 sik1 siu2 siu2 sing3 ging1.
    • Although they are not Christians, they attended a Christian school, therefore being familiar with the Bible.
  2. Cantonese
    韦驮系佛教嘅护法。
    韋馱係佛教嘅護法。
    wai5 to4 hai6 fat6 gaau3 ge3 wu6 faat3.
    • Skanda is a guardian of Buddhism.
  3. Cantonese
    syllabus入面咪有晒啰,做乜又问我会教啲咩㖞。
    syllabus入面咪有晒囉,做乜又問我會教啲咩喎。
    si1 li4 bas4 jap6 min6 mai6 jau5 saai3 lo1, zou6 mat1 jau6 man6 ngo5 wui3 gaau3 di1 me1 wo3.
    • Why ask me what I am going to teach when it is already shown in the syllabus?
  4. Cantonese
    𠮶班教友话你同邪魔打交道,个个都唔肯同你埋堆呀。
    嗰班教友話你同邪魔打交道,個個都唔肯同你埋堆呀。
    go2 baan1 gaau3 jau5 waa6 nei5 tung4 ce4 mo1 daa2 gaau1 dou6, go3 go3 dou1 m4 hang2 tung4 nei5 maai4 deoi1 aa3.
    • The other church members all refuse to associate with you because they say you're dealing with the devil.
  5. Cantonese
    公教报
    公教報
    gung1 gaau3 bou3
    • Kung Kao Po (the newspaper operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong)
Examples (None)
  1. Cantonese
    宁教人打仔,莫教人分妻
    寧教人打仔,莫教人分妻
    ning4 gaau3 jan4 daai2 zai2, mok6 gaau3 jan4 fan1 cai1
  2. Cantonese
    蚕吐丝人械嚟整衣服着。(《教话指南 Beginning Cantonese
    蠶吐絲人械嚟整衣服着。(《教話指南 Beginning Cantonese
    Rewritten)》1927)
  3. Cantonese
    天蚕嘅丝系好噤人械嚟整乐器。(《教话指南 Beginning Cantonese
    天蠶嘅絲係好噤人械嚟整樂器。(《教話指南 Beginning Cantonese
    Rewritten)》1927)
  4. Cantonese
    你俾咁多钱去健身,结果成堂挂住同教练吹水,会唔会本末倒置咗啲?
    你俾咁多錢去健身,結果成堂掛住同教練吹水,會唔會本末倒置咗啲?
  5. Cantonese
    孔教授喺网上同人打赌切啫之后赌输咗,结果就俾人戏称做孑教授。
    孔教授喺網上同人打賭切啫之後賭輸咗,結果就俾人戲稱做孑教授。
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    茅盾的一个亲戚,想到我在教书的教会学校里来找事做了。
    茅盾的一個親戚,想到我在教書的教會學校裏來找事做了。
    máo dùn de yī ge qīn qī , xiǎng dào wǒ zài jiāo shū de jiào huì xué xiào lǐ lái zhǎo shì zuò le .
    • A relative of Mao Dun would like to find work in the Catholic school that I teach at.
  2. Mandarin
    我父亲信佛教。
    我父親信佛教。
    wǒ fù qīn xìn fó jiào .
    • My father is a Buddhist. (lit. My father believes in Buddhism.)
  3. Mandarin
    我有些问题想向您请教。
    我有些問題想向您請教。
    wǒ yǒu xiē wèn tí xiǎng xiàng nín qǐng jiào .
    • X
  4. Cantonese
    叫佢教你几句中文
    叫佢教你几句中文
    giu3 keoi5 gaau3 nei5 gei2 geoi3 zung1 man2
    • ask them to teach you a few phrases of Chinese
  5. Mandarin
    啊!微风吹动了我的头发,教我如何不想她?
    啊!微風吹動了我的頭髮,教我如何不想她?
    a ! wēi fēng chuī dòng le wǒ de tóu fà , jiào wǒ rú hé bù xiǎng tā ?
    • X