HSK 4 · Verbs

交 jiāo “to hand over” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 交 means

  1. to hand over
  2. to deliver
  3. to pay (money)
  4. to turn over
  5. to make friends
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (of lines) to intersect

How to say 交

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale交jiāo1st tone, high and level

交 in a sentence

  1. 我是最后交的考试卷。

    Wǒ shì zuìhòu jiāo de kǎoshìjuàn.

    I was the last one to hand in my exam paper.

    Sentence #6583580 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我今天必须交报告。

    Wǒ jīntiān bìxū jiāo bàogào.

    I have to hand in my report today.

    Sentence #887787 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 你什么时候需要交作文？

    Nǐ shénme shíhou xūyào jiāo zuòwén?

    When do you have to hand in your essay?

    Sentence #10530868 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 交 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.

How to write 交

交 6 strokes

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

Words related to 交

Words with 交

公交车gōngjiāochē · public transport vehicle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交涉jiāoshè · to negotiate

More words: Common Verbs

坚持jiānchí · to persevere with减肥jiǎnféi · to lose weight减少jiǎnshǎo · to lessen降低jiàngdī · to reduce接受jiēshòu · to accept节约jiéyuē · to economise结果jiéguǒ · result进行jìnxíng · to advance

FAQs

交 (jiāo) means “to hand over” or “to deliver”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it jiāo: jiāo with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 交 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 交 from the suggestions. Typing jiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
交 is an HSK 4 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.