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交

jiāo

HSK 4 Character

What 交 means

1. to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over
2. to make friends
3. (of lines) to intersect
4. variant of {跤|jiāo}

Example sentences

• 提交。
  Submit.
• 交流。
  Communicate.
• 提交！
  Submit!
• 交换。
  Swap.
• 什么是口交？
  Shénme shì kǒujiāo?
  What is oral sex?
• 交友须谨慎。
  Jiāoyǒu xū jǐnshèn.
  You must be careful in choosing your friends.

Words starting with 交

• 交流jiāo liúto exchange; exchange; communication
• 交通jiāo tōngto be connected; traffic; transportation
• 交换jiāo huànto exchange; to swap; to switch (telecom)
• 交际jiāo jìcommunication; social intercourse
• 交易jiāo yìto deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal
• 交往jiāo wǎngto associate (with); to have contact (with); to hang out (with)
• 交代jiāo dàito transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth)…
• 交叉jiāo chāto cross; to intersect; to overlap
• 交涉jiāo shèto negotiate (with); to have dealings (with)
• 交给jiāo gěito give; to deliver; to hand over
• 交谈jiāo tánto discuss; to converse; chat; discussion
• 交友jiāo yǒuto make friends
• 交警jiāo jǐngtraffic police (abbr. for 交通警察
• 交通工具jiāo tōng gōng jùmeans of transportation; vehicle
• 交纳jiāo nàto pay (taxes or dues)
• 交织jiāo zhīto interweave
• 交付jiāo fùto hand over; to deliver
• 交朋友jiāo péng youto make friends; (dialect) to start an affair with sb
• 交大Jiāo dàJiaotong University; University of Communications; abbr. of 交通大学
• 交费jiāo fèito pay a fee
• 交替jiāo tìto replace; alternately; in turn
• 交错jiāo cuòto crisscross; to intertwine
• 交出jiāo chūto hand over
• 交情jiāo qingfriendship; friendly relations

Words containing 交

• 外交wài jiāodiplomacy; diplomatic; foreign affairs
• 打交道dǎ jiāo dàoto come into contact with; to have dealings
• 成交chéng jiāoto complete a contract; to reach a deal
• 立交桥lì jiāo qiáooverpass; flyover
• 杂交zá jiāoto hybridize; to crossbreed; promiscuity
• 公交gōng jiāopublic transportation; mass transit; abbr. for 公共交通
• 公交车gōng jiāo chēpublic transport vehicle; town bus
• 提交tí jiāoto submit (a report etc); to refer (a problem) to sb
• 递交dì jiāoto present; to give; to hand over
• 外交部Wài jiāo bùMinistry of Foreign Affairs; foreign office; Dept. of State
• 社交shè jiāointeraction; social contact
• 性交xìng jiāosexual intercourse
• 结交jié jiāoto make friends with
• 外交官wài jiāo guāndiplomat
• 送交sòng jiāoto hand over; to deliver
• 上交shàng jiāoto hand over to; to give to higher authority; to seek connections in high places
• 移交yí jiāoto transfer; to hand over
• 转交zhuǎn jiāoto pass on to sb; to carry and give to sb else
• 相交xiāng jiāo(of roads, lines etc) to intersect; (of people) to associate with one another…
• 建交jiàn jiāoto establish diplomatic relations
• 外交部长wài jiāo bù zhǎngminister of foreign affairs
• 不可开交bù kě kāi jiāoto be awfully (busy etc)
• 百感交集bǎi gǎn jiāo jíall sorts of feelings well up in one's heart
• 上海交通大学Shàng hǎi Jiāo tōng Dà xuéShanghai Jiao Tong University

Characters that look like 交

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 完wánto finish; to be over; whole
• 免miǎnto excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office
• 究jiūafter all; to investigate; to study carefully
• 史shǐhistory; annals; title of an official historian in ancient China
• 灵língquick; alert; efficacious
• 灾zāidisaster; calamity

Sounds the same

Read jiāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 教to teach; to instruct
• 蕉banana
• 骄proud; arrogant
• 郊suburbs; outskirts
• 胶to glue; glue; gum
• 椒pepper
• 浇to pour liquid; to irrigate (using waterwheel); to water
• 焦burnt; scorched; charred
• 娇lovable; pampered; tender
• 跤a tumble; a fall
• 姣cunning; pretty
• 礁reef; shoal rock