焦 (jiāo) means Burnt (worried - anxious). Below are 5 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
越 焦 急越容易出错。
Yuè jiāojí yuè róngyì chūcuò.
The more anxious you get, the more mistakes you make.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 焦急
母亲 焦 急地等在门口。
Mǔqīn jiāojí de děng zài ménkǒu.
The mother waited anxiously at the door.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 焦急
他换了一个长 焦 镜头。
Tā huàn le yí ge chángjiāo jìngtóu.
He switched to a telephoto lens.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 镜头
这个问题成了讨论的 焦 点。
Zhège wèntí chéng le tǎolùn de jiāodiǎn.
This question became the focus of the discussion.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 焦点
请把镜头的 焦 点对准人物。
Qǐng bǎ jìngtóu de jiāodiǎn duìzhǔn rénwù.
Please focus the lens on the person.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 焦点
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Words that contain 焦
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Questions about 焦
How is 焦 used in a sentence?
This page shows 5 sentences using 焦 (jiāo, "Burnt (worried - anxious)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 焦 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 焦 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 焦?
The dictionary page for 焦 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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