娇 (jiāo): lovable, pampered, tender
娇 (jiāo) is a Chinese character meaning “lovable.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 女 (semantic) and 乔 (phonetic). It ranks #2111 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 娇 woman. Its radical form 女 (woman) appears in many related characters such as 女 (nǚ, woman), 奶 (nǎi, grandmother, milk), 她 (tā, she).
Definitions
- lovable
- pampered
- tender
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 娇小adjective | jiāo xiǎo | petite |
| 娇生惯养phrase | jiāo shēng guàn yǎng | pampered and spoiled since childhood |
| 娇气adjective | jiāo qì | delicate |
| 撒娇verb | sā jiāo | to act like a spoiled child |
| 娇惯verb | jiāo guàn | to pamper |
| 娇嫩adjective | jiāo nen | tender and lovely |
| 娇贵adjective | jiāo guì | pampered |
| 娇弱adjective | jiāo ruò | delicate |
| 娇艳adjective | jiāo yàn | tender and beautiful |
| 娇媚adjective | jiāo mèi | flirtatious |
| 娇纵verb | jiāo zòng | to indulge (a child) |
| 娇滴滴adjective | jiāo dī dī | sweet |
| 娇羞adjective | jiāo xiū | bashful |
| 娇宠verb | jiāo chǒng | to indulge |
| 娇美adjective | jiāo měi | dainty |
娇 appears in 36 compound words: 69 as the first character, 14 as the last, and 17 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 娇 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
to take a concubine or wife; to keep a mistress tucked away in a luxurious house or apartment
to take a concubine or wife; to keep a mistress tucked away in a luxurious house or apartment
Example Sentences
娇娲补天的故事在中国流传了几千年。
jiāo 娲 bǔ tiān de gù shì zài zhōng guó liú chuán le jī qiān nián .
The legend of Nuwa patching the sky has been passed down for thousands of years in China.
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wò de jiāo wá chū jìng bèi wǎng mín hěn pī 乜 shuǐ 嚟 lín xī tóng rù . . .
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卧底娇娃6-10集剧情丨陈滢揭李海铜死因疑团、...
wò de jiāo wá 6 1 0 jí jù qíng 丨 chén 滢 jiē lǐ hǎi tóng sǐ yīn yí tuán , . . .
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wò de jiāo wá chén 滢 huáng jīn 3 2 C huà miàn bào huí xiǎng yǔ lǐ hǎi . . .
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bài ěr kòng gào jiāo shēng qián liè xiàn ái yào wù guǎng gào shè xū jiǎ xuān chuán
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jiāo shēng huò ōu méng pī zhǔn R y b r e v a n t pí xià zhù shè gěi . . .
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她确实年轻貌美，但她体质娇弱。
Tā quèshí niánqīng màoměi, dàn tā tǐzhì jiāoruò.
Indeed she is young and beautiful, but she is in delicate health.
Character Family
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