Definitions
Etymologies
- Mandarin 角 (jiǎo). (Wiktionary)
- Chinese jiacaron.gifo, one tenth of a dollar. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The gyoza in Chinese 'jiao zhi' or 'gao jee' were tiny as hell, but fried beautifully.”
“In Northern China, homemade meat-filled dumplings called jiao zi are popular for the festival.”
The Huffington Post: Michael Ho: Welcome To The Year Of The Rabbit
“In September, China Securities Co., one of the two underwriters for Sinohydro Group's IPO, said in a report that it expects the company's net profit to grow 37.3% in 2011 and estimates earnings per share of 40 jiao.”
The Wall Street Journal: Sinohydro to Debut Tuesday in Shanghai
“Add salt and la jiao to taste, then serve over rice.”
“Shanda's net profit in the three months ended June 30 was 8.8 million yuan $1.4 million, or 16 jiao per American depositary share, down from 169.9 million yuan, or 2.78 yuan per ADS, a year earlier.”
The Wall Street Journal: Shanda Interactive Net Profit Falls 95%
“Until last spring, it cost as little as four jiao [4p] a kilo, prompting many farmers to turn to other crops.”
“One of my favorite spicy cuisines is true Sichuan-syle Chinese food, which is characterized by its use of red fire oil (vegetable oil that is infused with red chile pepper essence) and the face-numbing Sichuan Peppercorn, also known as hua jiao (meaning flower pepper, as it resembles a tiny flower) or fagara.”
“The Beijing-based company which operates under two major brands, GOME Appliances and China Paradise, recommended a first-half dividend of 2.2 jiao.”
The Wall Street Journal: Gome Electrical Net Profit Rises 30%
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘jiao’.
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Palanquins
A list of litters and those who bear them.
Benjamin Franklin and other wealthy colonial Americans used sedan chairs until late in the 18th century.dooly, palanquin, hamal, litter, stretcher, palankeen, palkee, sedan, cacolet, mule-chair, kujawah, norimono and 39 more...
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Scrabble words which start with the l...
juvenile, juvenal, jutty, jute, jut, justness, justly, justle, justify, justice, juster, just and 534 more...
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Professional Scrabble Lexicon (TWL)
A myriad of game-changing words every Scrabble addict must have in his arsenal.
Keep in mind that these are all tried-and-true feasibly playable words selected for their handiness, i.e...paragon, pignora, ganef, suttee, origan, ohia, aioli, abasement, lehr, mho, tallow, harelike and 843 more...
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"J" Words
Scrabble List
jut, jus, jun, jow, jeu, jin, jot, ajee, dojo, fuji, jake, jamb and 37 more...
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W.E.L.D.E.R.
réchauffé, gast, dere, heller, arête, wair, tut, shad, tipi, emeu, codon, unco and 65 more...
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Vowel Rich
Scrabble List: vowel dumps
aeon, aero, agee, agio, ague, aide, akee, alee, alae, aloe, amia, amie and 67 more...
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