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交流

jiāo liú

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

交流 (jiāo liú) means "to exchange". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 交流 means

1. to exchange
2. exchange
3. communication
4. interaction
5. to have social contact (with sb)

The characters in 交流

• 交jiāoto hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends…
• 流liúto flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread

Example sentences

• 交流。
  Communicate.
• 人们需要更多的交流。
  Rénmen xūyào gèng duō de jiāoliú.
  People should get more involved.
• 我们要设法跟他们交流。
  We have to try to communicate with them.
• 汤姆和玛丽在电话里交流。
  Tom and Mary spoke on the phone.
• 这是快速且有效的交流方式。
  Zhè shì kuàisù qiě yǒuxiào de jiāoliú fāngshì.
  This is a fast and effective way of communication.
• 您觉得您无法与他人交流吗？
  Do you feel like you cannot connect with other people?

Words starting with 交流

• 交流道jiāo liú dào(Taiwan) highway interchange; (fig.) channel of communication
• 交流电jiāo liú diànalternating current

Words containing 交流

• 文化交流wén huà jiāo liúcultural exchange
• 思想交流sī xiǎng jiāo liúexchange of ideas
• 涕泪交流tì lèi jiāo liútears and mucus flowing profusely (idiom); weeping tragically
• 德国学术交流总署Dé guó Xué shù Jiāo liú Zǒng shǔGerman Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (Tw)
• 德意志学术交流中心Dé yì zhì Xué shù Jiāo liú Zhōng xīnGerman Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
• 海峡交流基金会Hǎi xiá Jiāo liú Jī jīn huìStraits Exchange Foundation (SEF); abbr. to 海基会

Where 交流 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Communication & information (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiāo liú correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.