轿 (jiào): sedan chair, palanquin, litter
轿 (jiào) is a Chinese character meaning “sedan chair.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 车 (structural) and 乔 (structural). It ranks #2366 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 轿 a lofty 乔 carriage 车; 乔 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 车 (cart) appears in many related characters such as 车 (chē, vehicle), 轻 (qīng, light), 辆 (liàng, measure word for vehicles).
Definitions
- sedan chair
- palanquin
- litter
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA lofty 乔 carriage 车; 乔 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿰车乔 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 轿车noun | jiào chē | (old) enclosed carriage for carrying passengers |
| 轿子noun | jiào zi | sedan chair |
| 小轿车noun | xiǎo jiào chē | (automobile) sedan |
| 轿夫noun | jiào fū | porter for a palanquin |
| 花轿noun | huā jiào | bridal sedan chair |
| 四门轿车 | sì mén jiào chē | sedan (motor car) |
| 八抬大轿 | bā tái dà jiào | palanquin with eight carriers |
| 豪华轿车noun | háo huá jiào chē | limousine |
| 家轿 | jiā jiào | privately-owned car |
| 抬轿子 | tái jiào zi | to carry sb in a sedan chair |
| 暖轿 | nuǎn jiào | closed sedan chair |
| 轿厢noun | jiào xiāng | elevator car |
| 驮轿 | tuó jiào | litter carried by pack animal |
轿 appears in 13 compound words: 31 as the first character, 38 as the last, and 31 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 轿 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
老师教我们轿字的发音和笔顺。
lǎo shī jiào wǒ men jiào zì de fā yīn hé bǐ shùn .
The teacher taught us the pronunciation and stroke order of the character "轿."
快讯/高雄轿车晚间自撞3人受困 驾驶无呼吸心跳
kuài xùn gāo xióng jiào chē wǎn jiān zì zhuàng 3 rén shòu kùn jià shǐ wú hū xī xīn tiào
News/Kaohsiung car crashed into 3 people at night and was trapped without breathing and heartbeat
BMW轿车高雄自撞消防栓 驾驶命危急救中
B M W jiào chē gāo xióng zì zhuàng xiāo fáng shuān jià shǐ mìng wēi jí jiù zhōng
BMW sedan Kaohsiung crashed into a fire hydrant and the driver was in critical condition
轿车藏毒图逃检入境狮城被截 大马司机及乘客...
jiào chē zàng dú tú táo jiǎn rù jìng shī chéng bèi jié dà mǎ sī jī jí chéng kè . . .
Car drug concealment attempt to evade inspection and entry into Lion City was intercepted Malaysian driver and passenger...
台南毒驾载5孩童拒检 加速逃逸遭轿车撞飞
tái nán dú jià zài 5 hái tóng jù jiǎn jiā sù táo yì zāo jiào chē zhuàng fēi
Tainan drug driving carrying 5 children refused inspection and accelerated to escape and was hit by a car
斗湖1小时豪雨引发大水患 轿车险灭顶多路中断
dǒu hú 1 xiǎo shí háo yǔ yǐn fā dà shuǐ huàn jiào chē xiǎn miè dǐng duō lù zhōng duàn
Tawau 1-hour heavy rain caused heavy flooding, and the car was almost destroyed, and many roads were interrupted
我买不起这么贵的轿车。
Wǒ mǎibuqǐ zhème guì de jiàochē.
I can't afford to buy such an expensive car.
Character Family
车 Radical Family — Characters sharing the cart radical
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