HSK 5 · Verbs

交际 jiāojì “social interaction” in Chinese

Traditional 交際

What 交际 means

  1. social interaction
  2. to socialise
  3. communication

How to say 交际

  • 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际jì4th tone, falling

交际 in a sentence

  1. 我去那个派对纯粹是为了交际。

    Wǒ qù nà ge pàiduì chúncuì shì wèile jiāojì.

    I went to that party purely to socialise.

    Sentence #346087 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 我可以做中英双向翻译，参加跟外国人交际谈判。

    Wǒ kěyǐ zuò Zhōng-Yīng shuāngxiàng fānyì, cānjiā gēn wàiguórén jiāojì tánpàn.

    I can translate both ways between Chinese and English, and take part in negotiations with foreigners.

    Sentence #420990 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 汤姆交际广。

    Tāngmǔ jiāojì guǎng.

    Tom has a wide social circle.

    Sentence #5099407 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 交际 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 际 (jì) with each of its parts in a different colour
际jìborder
  • 阝placeMeaning part
  • 示sign · shìSound part

阝 hints at the meaning (place); 示 (shì) hints at the sound. Compare it with jì.

How to write 交际

交 6 strokes · 际 7 strokes

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

Words related to 交际

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外交wàijiāo · diplomacy打交道dǎjiāodào · to come into contact with交代jiāodài · to explain交涉jiāoshè · to negotiate

Words with 际

国际guójì · international实际shíjì · actual实际上shíjìshàng · in fact之际zhījì · at the time of

More words: Common Verbs

建立jiànlì · to establish建设jiànshè · to build讲究jiǎngjiu · to be particular about交换jiāohuàn · to exchange浇jiāo · to water (plants)教训jiàoxun · a lesson (learnt the hard way)接触jiēchù · to touch接近jiējìn · to approach

FAQs

交际 (jiāojì) means “social interaction” or “to socialise”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jiāojì: jiāo with a 1st tone, then jì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 交际 is written 交際. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiaoji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 交际 from the suggestions. Typing jiaoji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
交际 is an HSK 5 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.