HSK 6 · Money

交易 jiāoyì “transaction” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 交易 means

  1. transaction
  2. trade
  3. deal
  4. to transact

Measure word 笔 bǐ · 一笔交易 yì bǐ jiāoyì

How to say 交易

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale交jiāo1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale易yì4th tone, falling

交易 in a sentence

  1. 我和他达成了交易。

    Wǒ hé tā dáchéng le jiāoyì.

    I made a deal with him.

    Sentence #13943173 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这是一笔不错的交易。

    Zhè shì yì bǐ búcuò de jiāoyì.

    It’s a good deal.

    Sentence #1776568 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我看你该做这交易。

    Wǒ kàn nǐ gāi zuò zhè jiāoyì.

    I think you should take the deal.

    Sentence #5576798 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 交易 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 交 (jiāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
交jiāoto hand over; to deliver; to pay
  • 六six · liù
  • 乂to govern · yì

Memory aidDrawn from a person with crossed legs: to cross, to hand over.

The character 易 (yì) with each of its parts in a different colour
易yìeasy
  • 日sun · rì
  • 勿must not · wù

How to write 交易

交 6 strokes · 易 8 strokes

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交易 (jiāoyì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 交易 (jiāoyì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 交易

Words with 交

公交车gōngjiāochē · public transport vehicle交jiāo · to hand over交流jiāoliú · to exchange交通jiāotōng · traffic交往jiāowǎng · to associate with交换jiāohuàn · to exchange交际jiāojì · social interaction外交wàijiāo · diplomacy打交道dǎjiāodào · to come into contact with交代jiāodài · to explain

Words with 易

容易róngyì · easy贸易màoyì · (commercial) trade轻易qīngyì · easily

More words: Money & Economy

挥霍huīhuò · to squander货币huòbì · currency加工jiāgōng · to process缴纳jiǎonà · to pay (taxes or fees)结算jiésuàn · to settle accounts基金jījīn · fund精打细算jīngdǎxìsuàn · careful budgeting经费jīngfèi · funds

FAQs

交易 (jiāoyì) means “transaction” or “trade”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiāoyì: jiāo with a 1st tone, then yì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 交易 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 笔 (bǐ). For example, one transaction is 一笔交易 (yì bǐ jiāoyì).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiaoyi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 交易 from the suggestions. Typing jiaoyi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
交易 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.