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交通

jiāo tōng

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

交通 (jiāo tōng) means "traffic; transportation". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 交通 means

1. to be connected
2. traffic
3. transportation
4. communications
5. liaison

The characters in 交通

• 交jiāoto hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends…
• 通tōngto go through; to know well; (suffix) expert

Example sentences

• 这里交通繁忙。
  Traffic is busy here.
• 事故耽误了交通。
  The accident held up traffic.
• 交通被山崩所阻断。
  Jiāotōng bèi shānbēng suǒ zǔduàn.
  Traffic was blocked by a landslide.
• 这地方交通不方便。
  This place isn't convenient to public transportation.
• 他因交通事故死亡。
  He lost his life in a traffic accident.
• 他遇到了交通事故。
  He met with a traffic accident.

Words starting with 交通

• 交通工具jiāo tōng gōng jùmeans of transportation; vehicle
• 交通费jiāo tōng fèitransport costs
• 交通部Jiāo tōng bùDepartment of Transportation; (PRC) Ministry of Transport
• 交通枢纽jiāo tōng shū niǔtraffic hub
• 交通银行Jiāo tōng Yín hángBank of Communications
• 交通意外jiāo tōng yì wàitraffic accident; car crash
• 交通立体化jiāo tōng lì tǐ huàgrade separation (civil engineering)
• 交通协管员jiāo tōng xié guǎn yuántraffic warden
• 交通车jiāo tōng chēshuttle bus (typically provided for employees or students by a company or school)
• 交通规则jiāo tōng guī zétraffic rules; rules of the road
• 交通卡jiāo tōng kǎpublic transportation card; prepaid transit card; subway pass
• 交通管理局jiāo tōng guǎn lǐ júdepartment of transport
• 交通警察jiāo tōng jǐng chátraffic police
• 交通警卫jiāo tōng jǐng wèiroad traffic policing
• 交通运输部Jiāo tōng Yùn shū bùPRC Ministry of Transport (MOT)
• 交通标志jiāo tōng biāo zhìtraffic sign
• 交通阻塞jiāo tōng zǔ sètraffic jam
• 交通灯jiāo tōng dēngtraffic light
• 交通拥挤jiāo tōng yōng jǐtraffic congestion
• 交通堵塞jiāo tōng dǔ sèroad congestion; traffic jam
• 交通锥jiāo tōng zhuītraffic cone; road cone
• 交通肇事罪jiāo tōng zhào shì zuìculpable driving causing serious damage or injury
• 交通大学Jiāo tōng Dà xuéabbr. for 上海交通大学 Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 西安交通大学 Xia'an Jiaotong University, 国立交通大学…

Words containing 交通

• 上海交通大学Shàng hǎi Jiāo tōng Dà xuéShanghai Jiao Tong University
• 西安交通大学Xī ān Jiāo tōng Dà xuéXi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU)
• 中国交通建设Zhōng guó Jiāo tōng Jiàn shèChina Communications Construction Company
• 公共交通gōng gòng jiāo tōngpublic transport; mass transit
• 空中交通管制kōng zhōng jiāo tōng guǎn zhìair traffic control
• 西南交通大学Xī nán Jiāo tōng Dà xuéSouthwest Jiaotong University
• 轨道交通guǐ dào jiāo tōngmetro; rapid transit; subway
• 轻型轨道交通qīng xíng guǐ dào jiāo tōnglight rail; transit system (underground, at street level or elevated); streetcar
• 水陆交通shuǐ lù jiāo tōngwater and land transport
• 空中交通管制员kōng zhōng jiāo tōng guǎn zhì yuánair traffic controller
• 中国交通运输协会Zhōng guó Jiāo tōng Yùn shū Xié huìChina Communications and Transportation Association (CCTA)

Where 交通 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Travel logistics & transport (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 tōng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.