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交往

jiāo wǎng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

交往 (jiāo wǎng) means "to associate (with)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 交往 means

1. to associate (with)
2. to have contact (with)
3. to hang out (with)
4. to date
5. (interpersonal) relationship
6. association
7. contact

The characters in 交往

• 交jiāoto hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends…
• 往wǎngto go (in a direction); to; towards

Example sentences

• 你喜欢跟汤姆交往吗
  Nǐ xǐhuan gēn Tāngmǔ jiāowǎng ma
  Do you like hanging out with Tom?
• 我们交往了三个月。
  We've been going out three months.
• 我和她交往几个月了。
  I've been going out with her for months.
• 别跟轻易放弃的人交往。
  Don't associate yourself with people that give up easily.
• 我不想让你跟我妹妹交往。
  I don't want you to date my sister.
• 谁告诉你我和汤姆在交往的？
  Shéi gàosu nǐ wǒ hé Tāngmǔ zài jiāowǎng de?
  Who told you that Tom and I are dating?

Where 交往 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 wǎng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.