HSK 6 · Verbs

交叉 jiāochā “to cross” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 交叉 means

  1. to cross
  2. to intersect
  3. overlapping
  4. to overlap

How to say 交叉

  • 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 first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale叉chā1st tone, high and level

交叉 in a sentence

  1. 火车在快到交叉路口的时候减速、按喇叭。

    Huǒchē zài kuài dào jiāochā lùkǒu de shíhou jiǎnsù, àn lǎba.

    The train slowed down and sounded its horn as it approached the crossing.

    Sentence #1516223 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 交叉 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 叉 (chā) with each of its parts in a different colour
叉chāfork
  • 又again · yòu
  • 丶dot · zhǔ

How to write 交叉

交 6 strokes · 叉 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 交叉

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 叉

叉子chāzi · fork

More words: Common Verbs

简化jiǎnhuà · to simplify监视jiānshì · to monitor践踏jiàntà · to trample检验jiǎnyàn · to inspect夹杂jiāzá · to be mixed with继承jìchéng · to inherit戒备jièbèi · to guard against解除jiěchú · to remove

FAQs

交叉 (jiāochā) means “to cross” or “to intersect”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiāochā: jiāo with a 1st tone, then chā with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 交叉 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiaocha with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 交叉 from the suggestions. Typing jiaocha into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
交叉 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.