交
jiāo
Pinyin
Definition
交
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- to hand over
- to deliver
- to pay (money)
- to turn over
- to make friends
- to intersect (lines)
- variant of 跤[jiāo]
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to hand over
- 2 to deliver
- 3 to pay (money)
- 4 to turn over
- 5 to make friends
- 6 to intersect (lines)
- 7 variant: 跤 jiāo
- 1 to make friends
- 1 to associate (with)
- 2 to have contact (with)
- 3 to hang out (with)
- 4 to date
- 5 (interpersonal) relationship
- 6 association
- 7 contact
- 1 to exchange
- 2 exchange
- 3 communication
- 4 interaction
- 5 to have social contact (with sb)
Idioms (20)
一手交钱,一手交货
- 1 lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom)
- 2 fig. to pay for what you want in cash
- 3 simple and direct transaction
交口称誉
- 1 voices unanimous in praise (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
交浅言深
- 1 to talk intimately while being comparative strangers (idiom)
君子之交
- 1 friendship between gentlemen, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
君子之交淡如水
- 1 a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
Sample Sentences
嗯…第五条这里,交货日期可以提早一点吗?
Emm...about Article five, could you make the product delivery date slightly earlier?
早点交货,早点上架,就可以早点收钱啊。
The sooner you deliver the products, the sooner we launch them, and the sooner we can make money.
听到消息有新的上司要来,同事就开始出馊主意,说要热热闹闹地为新上司办个欢迎派对,看来他是想和新上司套交情。
When hearing of the news that a new boss was coming, my colleague began to make silly suggestions, saying that we should have a welcoming party for the new boss. It seemed that he was trying to curry favor with the new boss.
咱们吃饭不谈公事,只谈交情。这以后再说。
Let’s not talk about the business, but build the relationship during the meal. I'll see these later.
这份亚洲经济的档案做得太差了,你要是当真把它交了上去,就等着喝西北风吧。
This Asian economic archive is so badly done. If you really hand it in, just wait to lose your job.
开展交流
Launch an exchange program
老板交给我一个任务。
My boss assigned a task to me.
公交车
bus
公交站
bus station
当他把咖啡交给女孩儿,想跟女孩儿多聊两句的时候,女孩儿递了一个信封给他。
When he gave her the coffee, thinking to chat with her a little bit more, the girl handed over an envelope.