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A jiao (/ dʒ aʊ /; Chinese: 角), or mao (Chinese: 毛) (Cantonese: hou [Chinese: 毫]), is a unit of currency used in China, including the Mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao. One jiao is equal to 1 ⁄ 10 of a yuan or 10 fēn (分). The Renminbi has coins of 1, 2 and 5 jiao. [1] The 2 jiao coin is no longer in circulation.
Jiao may refer to: . Horn (Chinese constellation), or Jiao (角宿), a Chinese constellation Jiaolong, or Jiao (蛟), a Chinese dragon; Jiao (currency) (角), a unit of currency in China, one-tenth of a Chinese yuan or dollar
Jiao Yu, military officer of Ming Dynasty; Jiao Li, President of China Central Television; Leroy Chiao, Chinese-American engineer, former NASA astronaut; Jiao Huafeng, Greco-Roman wrestler; Jiao Fengbo, footballer; Jiao Shuai, volleyball player; Jiao Zhimin, former table tennis player; Jiao Juyin, director, translator, and theater theorist ...
Jiao 蛟 illustration from the 1725 Gujin Tushu Jicheng. Jiaolong (simplified Chinese: 蛟龙; traditional Chinese: 蛟龍; pinyin: jiāolóng; Wade–Giles: chiao-lung) or jiao (chiao, kiao) is a dragon in Chinese mythology, often defined as a "scaled dragon"; it is hornless according to certain scholars and said to be aquatic or river-dwelling.
Jiao Gong Han Jiao Songsong ( 矯公罕 ), director of Chinese movie animation. Kiều Công Tiễn or Kiểu Công Tiện (pinyin: Jiǎo Gōngxiàn) (矯公羡) was a general in the court of Dương Đình Nghệ, a Vietnamese Jiedushi of Tĩnh Hải quân who took over the position in 931
Jiao (Chinese character: 郊; Min Nan Chinese: Kau; pinyin: Jiao), also known as Jiao-shang (郊商), Hang-jiao (行郊), [1] and also known as Ding-shou (頂手) and Jiu-Ba-hang (九八行), [Note 1] was a commercial guild organization that spread throughout Taiwan during the Qing dynasty.
Jiao, Lord of Wey (卫君角), also known as Wei Jiao (卫角), was a Qin dynasty feudal lord. He was the 44th and the last ruler of the state of Wey . After his death, he did not receive a posthumous name; Jiao was his given name.
In Investiture of the Gods, Yin Jiao is the crown prince of Shang dynasty.For killing Jiang Huan to avenge the death of their mother, Queen Consort Jiang [], he and his brother Yin Hong [] were sentenced to execution, and were only saved when the passing immortal sages Guang Chengzi and Chijingzi saw what was happening and summoned a tornado to sow confusion while they stole the princes ...