Pinyin chart · jiao
How to say jiao
jiao in all four tones, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.
jiao
Tap a tone to hear it; tap it again to hear it slower.
How to say it
j: The tongue tip rests behind the lower teeth and the front of the tongue presses the hard palate: close to the j in “jeep”, with no puff of air and no rounding of the lips.
Its tones
jiāo 交 to hand over · jiáo 嚼 to chew · jiǎo 脚 foot · jiào 叫 to call. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.
Sounds near it
Learners often mix jiao up with these. Listen to them one after the other.
Words with jiao
The voices are generated speech (ElevenLabs), the same two the app’s word cards use, each tone said as one real word. The words are from the official HSK list (the exam’s 2025 syllabus), easiest first. Every syllable is on the pinyin chart.