交
Meaning
- to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over
- to make friends
- (of lines) to intersect
Example sentence
这条狗杂交。
This dog is a crossbreed.
The character 交
交 draws crossed legs, and crossing is the whole of it: handing over — 交给, 交费 — and mixing with people, 交朋友, 交往, 交流. 交通 is where the traffic crosses.
Words containing 交
- 公交车 gōng jiāo chē public transport vehicle
- 交给 jiāo gěi to give; to deliver; to hand over
- 交朋友 jiāo péng you to make friends
- 交通 jiāo tōng to be connected
- 交费 jiāo fèi to pay a fee
- 交警 jiāo jǐng traffic police (abbr. for 交通警察)
- 交流 jiāo liú to exchange
- 交往 jiāo wǎng to associate (with)
- 交易 jiāo yì to deal; to trade; to transact
- 外交 wài jiāo diplomacy
- 交换 jiāo huàn to exchange
- 交际 jiāo jì communication
- 外交官 wài jiāo guān diplomat