What 立交桥 means
- Overpass†
- flyover†
† Our own dictionary has no entry for 立交桥, so these meanings are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors and based on CEDICT © 1997, 1998 Paul Andrew Denisowski, and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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立交桥 in a sentence
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What does 立交桥 mean in English?
立交桥 is pronounced lìjiāoqiáo and means Overpass, flyover †.
How do you pronounce 立交桥?
立交桥 is lìjiāoqiáo in pinyin — written lijiaoqiao without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.
What are the characters in 立交桥?
立交桥 is written with 3 characters: 立 (lì) Stand up (set up - immediately), 交 (jiāo) Hand in (intersect - pay - friendship - boundary), 桥 (qiáo) Bridge. Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.
How is 立交桥 written in traditional Chinese?
立交橋. The simplified form 立交桥 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 立交橋 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced lìjiāoqiáo.
Is 立交桥 an HSK word?
Yes — 立交桥 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
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