HSK 5 · Family

交往 jiāowǎng “to associate with” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 交往 means

  1. to associate with
  2. to have contact with
  3. to date
  4. to hang out (with)
  5. (interpersonal) relationship
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • association

How to say 交往

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale往wǎng3rd tone, dipping

交往 in a sentence

  1. 你最好不要和那样的男人交往。

    Nǐ zuìhǎo bú yào hé nàyàng de nánrén jiāowǎng.

    You’d better not get involved with men like that.

    Sentence #2669708 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他正在和一个外国学生交往。

    Tā zhèngzài hé yí ge wàiguó xuésheng jiāowǎng.

    He’s going out with a foreign student.

    Sentence #347392 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 别跟轻易放弃的人交往。

    Bié gēn qīngyì fàngqì de rén jiāowǎng.

    Don’t spend time with people who give up easily.

    Sentence #11122879 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 交往 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 往 (wǎng) drawn as one shape
往wǎngto go

往 is a single shape of 8 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 交往

交 6 strokes · 往 8 strokes

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

Words related to 交往

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

Words with 往

往wǎng · to go (in a direction)往往wǎngwǎng · usually往返wǎngfǎn · to go back and forth往常wǎngcháng · usually (in the past)往事wǎngshì · the past以往yǐwǎng · in the past向往xiàngwǎng · to yearn for礼尚往来lǐshàngwǎnglái · courtesy calls for reciprocity一如既往yìrújìwǎng · as always

More words: People, Body & Health

妇女fùnǚ · woman姑姑gūgu · paternal aunt姑娘gūniang · girl伙伴huǒbàn · partner家庭jiātíng · family家务jiāwù · household duties嘉宾jiābīn · esteemed guest嫁jià · (of a woman) to marry

FAQs

交往 (jiāowǎng) means “to associate with” or “to have contact with”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jiāowǎng: jiāo with a 1st tone, then wǎng with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 交往 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiaowang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 交往 from the suggestions. Typing jiaowang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
交往 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.