焦 ziu¹ {jiāo}

1. burnt
2. scorched
3. charred
4. worried
5. anxious
6. coke

焦 ziu¹ {Jiāo}

surname Jiao

焦心 ziu¹ sam¹ {jiāo xīn}

anxious

焦灼 ziu¹ coek³ {jiāo zhuó}

(literary) deeply worried

焦躁 ziu¹ cou³ {jiāo zào}

1. fretful
2. impatient

焦點〔-点〕 ziu¹ dim² {jiāo diǎn}

1. focus
2. focal point

焦化 ziu¹ faa³ {jiāo huà}

to distill

焦急 ziu¹ gap¹ {jiāo jí}

1. anxiety
2. anxious

焦油 ziu¹ jau⁴ {jiāo yóu}

tar

焦耳 ziu¹ ji⁵ {jiāo ěr}

joule (loanword)

焦距 ziu¹ keoi⁵ {jiāo jù}

1. focal length
2. focal distance

焦慮〔-虑〕 ziu¹ leoi⁶ {jiāo lǜ}

1. anxious
2. worried
3. apprehensive

焦爐〔-炉〕 ziu¹ lou⁴ {jiāo lú}

coking furnace

焦炭 ziu¹ taan³ {jiāo tàn}

coke (processed coal used in blast furnace)

焦糖 ziu¹ tong⁴ {jiāo táng}

caramel

焦土 ziu¹ tou² {jiāo tǔ}

scorched earth

焦黃〔-黄〕 ziu¹ wong⁴ {jiāo huáng}

1. sallow
2. yellow and withered
3. sickly

焦炙 ziu¹ zek³ {jiāo zhì}

1. to scorch
2. to burn to charcoal
3. sick with worry

焦作 ziu¹ zok³ {Jiāo zuò}

Jiaozuo prefecture level city in Henan

焦慮症〔-虑-〕 ziu¹ leoi⁶ zing³ {jiāo lǜ zhèng}

1. neurosis
2. anxiety

焦糖舞 ziu¹ tong⁴ mou⁵ {jiāo táng wǔ}

Caramelldansen

焦作市 ziu¹ zok³ si⁵ {Jiāo zuò shì}

Jiaozuo prefecture level city in Henan

焦慮不安〔-虑--〕 ziu¹ leoi⁶ bat¹ on¹ {jiāo lǜ bù ān}

worried too much

焦頭爛額〔-头烂额〕 ziu¹ tau⁴ laan⁶ ngaak⁶ {jiāo tóu làn é}

1. lit. beaten head and scorched brow (idiom); beaten black and blue
2. fig. in trouble
3. in terrible shape
4. hard pressed
5. overwrought