佼佼

Chinese

		handsome	handsome
simp. and trad. (佼佼)		佼	佼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǎojiǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau² gaau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎojiǎo [Phonetic: jiáojiǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎojiǎo
  - Wade–Giles: chiao³-chiao³
  - Yale: jyǎu-jyǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeaujeau
  - Palladius: цзяоцзяо (czjaoczjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaau² gaau²
  - Yale: gáau gáau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaau² gaau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gao² gao²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³⁵ kaːu̯³⁵/

Adjective

佼佼

(literary) outstanding; exceptional

Synonyms

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不得了 (bùdéliǎo) (colloquial)
了不得 (colloquial)
了不起 (liǎobùqǐ) (colloquial)
了勿起 (Wu)
俊偉 / 俊伟 (jùnwěi) (literary)
偉大 / 伟大 (wěidà)
傑出 / 杰出 (jiéchū)
傲人 (àorén) (nowadays especially of breasts, body curve)
優異 / 优异 (yōuyì)
優秀 / 优秀 (yōuxiù)
優越 / 优越 (yōuyuè)
出挑 (chhut-thio) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
出擢 (Hokkien)
出眾 / 出众 (chūzhòng)
出腳 / 出脚 (Hokkien)
出色 (chūsè)
勢面 / 势面 (Hokkien)
勿得了 (Wu)
卓然 (zhuórán) (literary)
卓犖 / 卓荦 (zhuóluò) (literary)
卓異 / 卓异 (zhuóyì) (literary)
卓著 / 卓着 (zhuózhù)
卓越 (zhuóyuè)
厲害 / 厉害 (lìhài) (informal)
咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
好極了 / 好极了 (hǎo jíle)
尤異 / 尤异 (yóuyì) (literary)
崢嶸 / 峥嵘 (zhēngróng)
彰顯 / 彰显 (zhāngxiǎn)
惡實 / 恶实 (o⁵ shr⁶) (Xiang, used as a complement)
打得 (Hakka)
挺 (tǐng)
斐然 (fěirán)
棒 (bàng) (colloquial)
標青 / 标青 (biu¹ ceng¹) (Cantonese, Teochew)
漂亮
炳 (bǐng) (literary)
牛 (niú) (Mandarin, slang)
牛鬼 (Guilin Mandarin)
特出 (tèchū)
特異 / 特异 (tèyì)
犀利 (xīlì) (originally Cantonese, sometimes Mandarin)
皦皦 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
看家 (kānjiā) (attributive, of skill, ability, etc.)
穩 / 稳 (wěn) (slang, neologism)
突出 (tūchū)
英英 (yīngyīng) (literary)
蓋帽 / 盖帽 (gàimào) (slang)
表表 (biǎobiǎo) (literary)
超凡 (chāofán)
超卓 (chāozhuó) (literary)
超常 (chāocháng)
超拔 (chāobá) (literary)
超絕 / 超绝 (chāojué)
非凡 (fēifán)
響噹噹 / 响当当 (xiǎngdāngdāng)
顯著 / 显着 (xiǎnzhù)
高強 / 高强 (gāoqiáng)

Derived terms

佼佼者 (jiǎojiǎozhě)