焦 jiāo
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 灬 — fire
- Made of
- 隹 short-tailed bird 灬 fire
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
焦躁
jiāozào
restless; agitated; irritable
Characters in this word
躁 zào
- Strokes
- 20
- Radical
- 足 — foot
- Made of
- 足 foot 喿 the sound of birds chirping
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 长时间等待结果会使投资者变得焦躁，从而作出短视决定。 Cháng shíjiān děngdài jiéguǒ huì shǐ tóuzīzhě biàn de jiāozào, cóng'ér zuò chū duǎnshì juédìng. Waiting a long time for results can make investors restless and lead them to make short-sighted decisions.
- 堵在路上半个小时，司机变得越来越焦躁。 Dǔ zài lù shang bàn ge xiǎoshí, sījī biàn de yuè lái yuè jiāozào. Stuck on the road for half an hour, the driver grew more and more irritable.
- 天气闷热，大家都有点焦躁不安。 Tiānqì mēnrè, dàjiā dōu yǒudiǎn jiāozào bù'ān. The weather was stuffy and hot, and everyone felt a bit restless.
Related words
- 焦点 jiāodiǎn focus
- 焦虑 jiāolǜ anxious
- 焦 jiāo burnt; scorched
- 焦急 jiāojí anxious; worried
- 聚焦 jùjiāo to focus on; to bring into focus
- 暴躁 bàozào irritable; hot-tempered
- 烦躁 fánzào restless; irritable
- 浮躁 fúzào restless; impetuous; impatient
- 急躁 jízào impatient; irritable
- 恼火 nǎohuǒ annoyed; irritated; angry
- 气愤 qìfèn indignant; angry
- 恐慌 kǒnghuāng panic; alarm