jiao
/dʒaʊ
/noun (plural same)
A monetary unit of China, equal to one tenth of a yuan.The latter is 1 yuan or maybe only 5 jiao cheaper....
- After paying my two jiao, I started walking up the stairs to the gents' section.
- This story from two years ago says ‘as little as two jiao.’
Origin
From Chinese jiǎo.
- ao dai
- A-OK
- A-okay
- Aona
- AONB
- AOR
- Aoraki/Mount Cook
- aorist
- aoristic
- a (or one) hell of a ——
- a (or one) hundred per cent
- a (or one's) bounden duty
- aorta
- a (or that) sinking feeling
- a (or the) deuce of a ——
- a (or the) grand old man of
- a (or the) picture of ——
- wrap party
- wrapped
- wrapper
- wrapper application
- wrapping
- wrapping paper
- wrap someone in cotton wool
- wrap someone up