交朋友

Character by character

• 交jiāo6 strokesHSK 2mix; intersect; exchange, communicate; deliver
• 朋péng8 strokesHSK 1friend, pal, acquaintance
• 友yǒu4 strokesHSK 1friend, companion; fraternity

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 交朋友. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 朋友péng youHSK 1

  friend

• 交jiāoHSK 2

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

• 交易jiāo yìHSK 3

  to deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal

• 交给jiāo gěiHSK 2

  to give; to deliver; to hand over

• 交通jiāo tōngHSK 2

  to be connected; traffic; transportation; communications; liaison

• 交流jiāo liúHSK 3

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

• 成交chéng jiāoHSK 5

  to complete a contract; to reach a deal

• 女朋友nǚ péng youHSK 1

  girlfriend

• 男朋友nán péng youHSK 1

  boyfriend

• 交换jiāo huànHSK 4

  to exchange; to swap; to switch (telecom); commutative (math); to commute

• 友好yǒu hǎoHSK 2

  friendly; amicable; close friend

• 交往jiāo wǎngHSK 3

  to associate (with); to have contact (with); to hang out (with); to date; (interpersonal) relationship; association; contact

• 友谊yǒu yìHSK 5

  companionship; fellowship; friendship

• 好友hǎo yǒuHSK 4

  close friend; pal; (social networking website) friend

• 小朋友xiǎo péng yǒuHSK 1

  child

• 交谈jiāo tánHSK 7

  to discuss; to converse; chat; discussion

• 外交wài jiāoHSK 3

  diplomacy; diplomatic; foreign affairs

• 交叉jiāo chāHSK 7

  to cross; to intersect; to overlap

• 提交tí jiāoHSK 6

  to submit (a report etc); to refer (a problem) to sb

• 友情yǒu qíngHSK 7

  friendly feelings; friendship

• 交代jiāo dàiHSK 5

  to transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth); to explain; to give an account; to brief; to confess; to account for oneself; (jocular) to come to a bad end

• 社交shè jiāoHSK 7

  interaction; social contact

• 老朋友lǎo péng youHSK 2

  old friend; (slang) period; menstruation

• 打交道dǎ jiāo dàoHSK 7

  to come into contact with; to have dealings