交通

Character by character

• 交jiāo6 strokesHSK 2mix; intersect; exchange, communicate; deliver
• 通tōng11 strokesHSK 2pass through; common; communicate

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Words with the same characters

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

• 通过tōng guòHSK 2

  to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation); to pass (a test); by means of; through; via

• 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

• 通tōngHSK 2

  to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc

• 通知tōng zhīHSK 2

  to notify; to inform; notice; notification

• 普通pǔ tōngHSK 2

  common; ordinary; general; average

• 交给jiāo gěiHSK 2

  to give; to deliver; to hand over

• 交流jiāo liúHSK 3

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

• 通常tōng chángHSK 3

  regular; usual; normal; usually; normally

• 成交chéng jiāoHSK 5

  to complete a contract; to reach a deal

• 通道tōng dàoHSK 6

  (communications) channel; thoroughfare; passage

• 交换jiāo huànHSK 4

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

• 沟通gōu tōngHSK 5

  to join; to connect; to link up; to communicate

• 交往jiāo wǎngHSK 3

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

• 通讯tōng xùnHSK 6

  communications; news story; dispatch

• 通信tōng xìnHSK 3

  to correspond (by letter etc); to communicate; communication

• 开通kāi tōngHSK 6

  to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)

• 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

• 通话tōng huàHSK 6

  to hold a conversation; to talk over the telephone; phone call

• 通报tōng bàoHSK 6

  to inform; to notify; to announce; circular; bulletin; (scientific) journal

• 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