Reef has 1 pronunciation, pronounced jiāo.

Reef meaning: a rocky outcrop of rocks or coral polyps remains in the sea or river.

Reef word formation:

1. Reef àn jiāo: a rock in the ocean (or river) that is often hidden below the surface of the water, an obstacle to navigation, whose position needs to be plotted accurately on nautical charts for the sake of safety; a metaphor for the difficulties and resistance encountered in moving forward.

2, touching the reef chù jiāo: the ship touches the reef in navigation; a metaphor for the obstacles encountered in the progress of things.

3, reef jiāo shí: rocks in rivers and oceans that are very close to the surface of the water.

4, shore reef àn jiāo: a biological reef growing close to the edge of the land.

5, shallow reef qiǎn jiāo: calcareous reef debris in the underwater shallows in irregular blocks of a reef.

6, Su reef sū jiāo: Su rock, also known as Su rock reef. That is, the meaning of the rocks and reefs off the coast of Jiangsu.

7, reef beach jiāo tān: rocky fringe in the sea. A metaphor for life's perilous path.

8, sand reef shā jiāo: coastal shore of a low sand ridge, formed by waves and shore currents, which in many places encloses the lagoon.

Reef Chinese idioms:

1, Hasn't the bow of your boat, which has advanced so vigorously, ever encountered the obstruction of a counter-current reef?

2, Dalian's beaches are dominated by reefs, but the sand on this small stretch of beach is still very good.

3, He was on top of a reef, facing the blowing sea breeze, smelling the sea, and lifting the seawater from the shore with his hand to gently rub it into his face a few times.

4. What was she doing? Picking up crabs or conch? No, no, she was prying oysters from the reef.

5. In the distance, moonlight spilled over a few reefs, scaling them with black light.

6, The flood of human life is rushing, and it is difficult to stir up beautiful waves without encountering islands and reefs.

7, This is like a few reefs in a dry river; when the tide comes in, they will soon be surrounded and submerged by the raging flood.

8, the first time I saw the sea, than I imagined the sea do not know how many times bigger. The blue sea water gushed up rolling waves, waves lapping at the shore reefs. Looking into the distance, the sky and the sea are connected together without any boundaries.

9. The sea lapped around the reef, and the algae fluttered up and down, as slippery and shiny as leather.

10. She saw a clump of sunflowers growing in a crevice of the reef not far away.