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交

jiāo · jiao

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 2Old HSK 4

Meaning

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  1. to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over
  2. to make friends
  3. (of lines) to intersect
  4. variant of 跤 (jiāo)
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In a conversation

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Friends and rent

  1. Leon

    我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)在(zài)中国(zhōngguó)交(jiāo)很多(hěnduō)朋友(péngyou)！

    I want to make a lot of friends in China!

  2. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)已经(yǐjīng)有(yǒu)我们(wǒmen)了(le)啊(a)！

    You already have us!

  3. Leon

    对(duì)，我(wǒ)在(zài)这儿(zhèr)交到(jiāodào)了(le)好(hǎo)朋友(péngyou)。

    Right, I made good friends here.

  4. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)的(de)房东(fángdōng)也(yě)想(xiǎng)和(hé)你(nǐ)交朋友(jiāopéngyou)吗(ma)？

    Does your landlord want to be friends too?

  5. Leon

    不(bù)，他(tā)只(zhǐ)想(xiǎng)让(ràng)我(wǒ)交(jiāo)房租(fángzū)！

    No, he only wants me to pay the rent!

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01

这(zhè)个(ge)月(yuè)底(dǐ)前(qián)，我(wǒ)们(men)必(bì)须(xū)交(jiāo)报(bào)告(gào)。

We have to turn in our reports by the end of this month.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

交(jiāo)作(zuò)业(yè)的(de)截(jié)止(zhǐ)日(rì)期(qī)是(shì)下(xià)周(zhōu)一(yī)。

The homework is due next Monday.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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