Chinese word dictionary

交通

jiāotōng · to be connected; traffic; transportation; communications; liaison

Practice word

Word information

Simplified交通

Traditional交通

Pinyinjiāotōng

Part of speech名

HSK 3.04

HSK 2.04

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

交jiāo

to connect; to deliver, to exchange; to intersect; to mix

通tōng

to pass through, to open, to connect; to communicate; common

How to learn 交通

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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公交车gōngjiāochē

public transport vehicle; town bus; CL:輛|辆[liang4]

交jiāo

to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends; (of lines) to intersect; variant of 跤[jiao1]

交警jiāojǐng

traffic police (abbr. for 交通警察[jiao1 tong1 jing3 cha2])

交流jiāoliú

to exchange; exchange; communication; interaction; to have social contact (with sb)

普通pǔtōng

common; ordinary; general; average

普通话pǔtōnghuà

Mandarin (common language); Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language); ordinary speech