HSK 6 · Emotions

计较 jìjiào “to fuss over” in Chinese

Traditional 計較

What 计较 means

  1. to fuss over
  2. to haggle
  3. to argue
  4. to bother about
  5. to bicker

How to say 计较

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale计jì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale较jiào4th tone, falling

计较 in a sentence

  1. 如果你不计较太多，生活会更容易些。

    Rúguǒ nǐ bú jìjiào tài duō, shēnghuó huì gèng róngyì xiē.

    If you didn’t fuss over things so much, life would be a bit easier.

    Sentence #1532097 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 计较 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 计 (jì) with each of its parts in a different colour
计jìto calculate
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 十ten · shíSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 十 (shí) hints at the sound. Compare it with jì.

The character 较 (jiào) with each of its parts in a different colour
较jiàoto compare
  • 车cart · chēMeaning part
  • 交to connect · jiāoSound part

车 hints at the meaning (cart); 交 (jiāo) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiào.

How to write 计较

计 4 strokes · 较 10 strokes

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计较 (jìjiào) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 计较 (jìjiào). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 计较

Words with 计

计划jìhuà · plan估计gūjì · to estimate计算jìsuàn · to count会计kuàijì · accountant设计shèjì · to design共计gòngjì · to total统计tǒngjì · statistics千方百计qiānfāngbǎijì · by every possible means

Words with 较

比较bǐjiào · compare较量jiàoliàng · contest

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活该huógāi · serves (someone) right焦急jiāojí · anxious嫉妒jídù · to be jealous of急功近利jígōngjìnlì · eager for quick results and profit惊奇jīngqí · surprised警惕jǐngtì · to be vigilant惊讶jīngyà · surprised津津有味jīnjīnyǒuwèi · with relish

FAQs

计较 (jìjiào) means “to fuss over” or “to haggle”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jìjiào: jì with a 4th tone, then jiào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 计较 is written 計較. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jijiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 计较 from the suggestions. Typing jijiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
计较 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.