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chiao

 (chyou)
n. pl. chiao
Variant of jiao.
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chiao

(dʒaʊ)
n
1. (Currencies) a Chinese monetary unit equal to one-tenth of a yuan
2. (Other Non-Christian Religions) (in Taoism) religion
3. a ceremony of cosmic regeneration practised by Taoist priests
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National Yang-Ming University (NYMU) and Chiao Tung University (NCTU) will decide whether to merge together as National Yang-Ming and Chiao Tung University (YMCT) later in September.
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He is a chair professor at National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan, a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, The Optical Society and the Society for Information Display and a board member of Young Optics and Focal Tech.
Leroy Chiao, a former US astronaut who flew on four space missions, told CNN he would be "surprised if any major pieces survived the re-entry, as the Tiangong-1 was not that big of a spacecraft as they go, and it did not have a heat shield." Anything that did make it through the atmosphere "will be at the bottom of the ocean by now," he added.
In the mid-1990s, Taiwanese architect and urban designer Sean Chiao and his company were tasked to change the original master plan of Bonifacio Global City (BGC).
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A team of banking professionals - Scott Kelley, Karl Chiao, Scott Klor and Annabeth Dugger - will join the loan production office, located at Spring Valley Center in Dallas, Texas.