交 jiāo hand over
hand over; pay; make friends; intersect
How to remember 交: 亠 lid + 父 father = hand over. Under the silver lid lie the rings, and the nervous father of the bride stands up to hand over the box.
Component breakdown
交 = 亠 lid + 父 father
- 亠 lid
- 父 father
Under the silver lid lie the rings, and the nervous father of the bride stands up to hand over the box.
How it came to be
A person standing with the legs crossed at the shin. Crossing is the whole of it: things that cross, meet, and are handed from one to another.
How it is used
- "To hand over/pay" - 交作业 (jiāo zuòyè) hand in homework, 交钱 (jiāo qián) pay. Also "to intersect/make (friends)" - 交朋友 (jiāo péngyou) make friends.
- In 交流 (jiāoliú) it's "exchange/communicate", in 交通 (jiāotōng) "traffic". 提交 (tíjiāo) = submit (formal, e.g. a report).
Characters built with 交
Words with 交
- 公交车gōngjiāochēbusHSK 2
- 交流jiāoliúcommunicateHSK 4
- 交通jiāotōngtrafficHSK 4
- 交警jiāojǐngtraffic police (short for 交通警察)HSK 4
- 交往jiāowǎngto associate (with)HSK 5
- 交换jiāohuànto exchangeHSK 5
- 交易jiāoyìto dealHSK 5
- 提交tíjiāoto submit (a report etc)HSK 5
- 交谈jiāotánto discussHSK 6
- 交际jiāojìcommunicationHSK 6
- 外交wàijiāodiplomacyHSK 6
- 成交chéngjiāoto complete a contractHSK 6
- 打交道dǎjiāodaoto come into contact withHSK 6
- 转交zhuǎnjiāoto pass on to somebodyHSK 6
- 交互jiāohùmutualHSK 7
- 交付jiāofùto hand overHSK 7
- 交响乐jiāoxiǎngyuèsymphonyHSK 7
- 交头接耳jiāotóu-jiē’ěrto whisper to one another's earHSK 7
- 交情jiāoqingfriendshipHSK 7
- 交接jiāojiēto come into contactHSK 7
- 交界jiāojiècommon boundaryHSK 7
- 杂交zájiāoto hybridizeHSK 7
- 社交shèjiāointeractionHSK 7
- 交代jiāodàito transfer (duties to somebody else)HSK 8
- 交叉jiāochāto crossHSK 8
- 交替jiāotìto replaceHSK 8
- 交涉jiāoshèto negotiate (with)HSK 8
- 交纳jiāonàto pay (taxes or dues)HSK 8
- 交织jiāozhīto interweaveHSK 8
- 交锋jiāofēngto cross swordsHSK 8
- 交集jiāojíto occur simultaneouslyHSK 8
- 移交yíjiāoto transferHSK 9
- 立交桥lìjiāoqiáooverpassHSK 9
- 递交dìjiāoto presentHSK 9
Example sentences
- 老师要求学生交作业。 Lǎoshī yāoqiú xuésheng jiāo zuòyè.The teacher asked that students hand in their homework.
- 我把钥匙交给了房东。 Wǒ bǎ yàoshi jiāogěile fángdōng.I gave my key to the landlord.
- 文化交流很重要。 Wénhuà jiāoliú hěn zhòngyào.Cultural exchange is important.
- 这座大桥连接起两岸的交通。 Zhèi zuò dàqiáo liánjiē qǐ Liǎng'àn de jiāotōng.This bridge links traffic from both sides.