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交叉

jiāo chā

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

交叉 (jiāo chā) means "to cross; to intersect; to overlap". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 交叉 means

1. to cross
2. to intersect
3. to overlap

The characters in 交叉

• 交jiāoto hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends…
• 叉chāfork; pitchfork; prong

Example sentences

• 他的双脚被交叉捆绑着。
  Tā de shuāngjiǎo bèi jiāochā kǔnbǎng zhe.
  His legs were crossed.
• 火车在快到交叉路口的时候减速、按喇叭。
  Huǒchē zài kuài dào jiāochā lùkǒu de shíhou jiǎnsù, àn lǎba.
  The train slowed and blared its horn as it approached the railway crossing.

Words starting with 交叉

• 交叉口jiāo chā kǒu(road) intersection
• 交叉点jiāo chā diǎnjunction; crossroads; (geometry) point of intersection
• 交叉学科jiāo chā xué kēinterdisciplinary; interdisciplinary subject (in science)
• 交叉引用jiāo chā yǐn yòngcross-reference (in a document, index etc)
• 交叉感染jiāo chā gǎn rǎncross-infection
• 交叉火力jiāo chā huǒ lìcrossfire
• 交叉运球jiāo chā yùn qiúcrossover dribble (basketball)
• 交叉编译器jiāo chā biān yì qì(computing) cross-compiler
• 交叉耐药性jiāo chā nài yào xìngcross-tolerance
• 交叉阴影线jiāo chā yīn yǐng xiànhatched lines; cross-hatched graphic pattern
• 交叉熵jiāo chā shāngcross entropy (information theory)

Words containing 交叉

• 立体交叉lì tǐ jiāo chāthree-dimensional road junction (i.e. involving flyover bridges or underpass tunnels)…

Where 交叉 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jiàng–jiāo (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiāo chā correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.