缴 (jiǎo): to hand in, to hand over, to pay, to capture (weapons), to seize
缴 (jiǎo) is a Chinese character meaning “to hand in.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 纟 (semantic) and 敫 (phonetic). It ranks #1817 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 缴 thread. Its radical form 纟 (silk) appears in many related characters such as 系 (xì, to connect), 累 (lèi, tired), 绍 (shào, to continue).
Definitions
- to hand in
- to hand over
- to pay
- to capture (weapons)
- to seize
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 缴税verb | jiǎo shuì | to pay tax |
| 缴械verb | jiǎo xiè | to disarm |
| 收缴verb | shōu jiǎo | to recover (illegally obtained property) |
| 缴费verb | jiǎo fèi | to pay a fee |
| 缴获verb | jiǎo huò | to capture |
| 上缴verb | shàng jiǎo | to transfer (income, profits etc) to higher authorities |
| 缴纳verb | jiǎo nà | to pay (taxes etc) |
| 缴枪verb | jiǎo qiāng | to lay down one's arms |
| 缴付verb | jiǎo fù | to pay |
| 实缴资本 | shí jiǎo zī běn | paid-in capital |
| 认缴资本 | rèn jiǎo zī běn | subscribed capital (finance) |
| 缴枪不杀 | jiǎo qiāng bù shā | “surrender and your life will be spared” |
| 缴交verb | jiǎo jiāo | to hand in |
| 退缴 | tuì jiǎo | to make restitution |
| 追缴verb | zhuī jiǎo | to recover (stolen property) |
缴 appears in 18 compound words: 56 as the first character, 28 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 缴 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
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xué xí jiǎo zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .
Mastering the character "缴" requires repeated practice to achieve neat and legible writing.
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除了股市可以说嘴,川普重返白宫后缴出怎样的经济成绩单?
chú le gǔ shì kě yǐ shuō zuǐ , chuān pǔ chóng fǎn bái gōng hòu jiǎo chū zěn yàng de jīng jì chéng jì dān ?
In addition to the stock market, what kind of economic report card did Trump hand over after returning to the White House?
上海放宽非沪籍居民买楼 缴社保一年符资格 可购外环内住房
shàng hǎi fàng kuān fēi hù jí jū mín mǎi lóu jiǎo shè bǎo yī nián fú zī gé kě gòu wài huán nèi zhù fáng
Shanghai has relaxed the eligibility for non-Shanghai residents to buy a house and pay social security for one year, and can buy housing in the outer ring
携1.5公斤黄金未申报!男2年不缴罚锾 金价暴涨后急缴大赚524万
xié 1 . 5 gōng jīn huáng jīn wèi shēn bào ! nán 2 nián bù jiǎo fá 锾 jīn jià bào zhǎng hòu jí jiǎo dà zhuàn 5 2 4 wàn
With 1.5 kilograms of gold undeclared! The man did not pay the fine for 2 years and made a big profit of 5.24 million yuan after the price of gold soared
2男沦为“钱骡” 无力缴罚款遭判监
2 nán 沦 wéi qián 骡 wú lì jiǎo fá kuǎn zāo pàn jiān
2 men became "money mules" and were sentenced to prison for not being able to pay the fine
星期一你必须缴交报告。
Xīngqīyī nǐ bìxū jiǎojiāo bàogào.
You have to turn in the reports on Monday.
我们必得缴通行税才能在这条道路上行驶。
Wǒmen bìděi jiǎo tōngxíngshuì cáinéng zài zhè tiáo dàolù shàngxíng shǐ.
We must pay a toll to drive on this road.
所有美国人都需要缴税。
Suǒyǒu Měiguórén dōu xūyào jiǎoshuì.
All Americans have to pay their taxes.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 纟 (thread) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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