教 (jiāo) — to teach

Character

Strokes: 11
Radical: 攵 — to rap, to tap
Made of: 孝 filial piety, obedience 攵 to rap, to tap
How it's built: Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

王老师教我们汉语。 Wáng lǎoshī jiāo wǒmen Hànyǔ. Teacher Wang teaches us Chinese.
老师教我们写汉字。 Lǎoshī jiāo wǒmen xiě Hànzì. The teacher teaches us to write characters.
谁教你们？ Shéi jiāo nǐmen? Who teaches you?
妈妈教我做饭。 Māma jiāo wǒ zuòfàn. Mom is teaching me how to cook.
他教学生唱歌。 Tā jiāo xuésheng chànggē. He teaches the students to sing.
你想不想教中文？ Nǐ xiǎng bù xiǎng jiāo Zhōngwén? Do you want to teach Chinese?
李月在大学教外语。 Lǐ Yuè zài dàxué jiāo wàiyǔ. Li Yue teaches a foreign language at the university.
小王教他开车。 Xiǎo Wáng jiāo tā kāichē. Xiao Wang is teaching him to drive.
哥哥没教弟弟打球。 Gēge méi jiāo dìdi dǎqiú. The older brother didn't teach his younger brother to play ball.
请您教我读这个字！ Qǐng nín jiāo wǒ dú zhè ge zì! Please teach me how to read this character!