IDENTITY
交jiāoto exchange; to hand over
HSK 2Top 200
CORE MEANING
to exchange; to hand over
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to hand inHSK2
- 2.to exchange; trafficHSK3
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 亠lid radical (tóu)
- strokes
- 6
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱亠父
- top
- crossing legs
USAGE
Common words
交通jiāotōngtraffic
交流jiāoliúto exchange
交朋友jiāo péngyouto make friends
Graded examples
我想和你交朋友。Wǒ xiǎng hé nǐ jiāo péngyou.HSK2
I want to make friends with you.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
Two crossed legs — people meeting, exchanging.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #200
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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