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Characters, words, pinyin or English

郊 jiāo suburbs

suburbs; outskirts

How to remember 郊: 交 hand over + 阝 mound = suburbs. Tired of the city rent they hand over every month, the young couple moves to a house by a grassy mound out in the suburbs.

  • 2,351. most frequent character
  • HSK 4
  • 8 strokes
  • Radical 邑

Component breakdown

郊 = 交 hand over + 阝 mound

  • 交 hand over
    • 亠 lid
    • 父 father
  • 阝 mound
The Gushi story

Tired of the city rent they hand over every month, the young couple moves to a house by a grassy mound out in the suburbs.

How it is used

  • 'Outskirts, suburbs' - 郊区 (jiāoqū) the suburbs, the outer, less-developed ring of a city.
  • Contrasts with 市区 (shìqū) downtown/urban core: the 市区/郊区 split is the standard city-vs-suburb pair. 郊外 (jiāowài) = the countryside just outside town.
  • 郊游 (jiāoyóu) = a day trip/outing to the outskirts.

Words with 郊

Example sentences

  • 我在城市上班，但是住在郊区。 Wǒ zài chéngshì shàngbān, dànshì zhùzài jiāoqū.I work in the city, but live in the suburbs.