交 jiāo in a sentence
Hand in (intersect - pay - friendship - boundary)
交 (jiāo) means Hand in (intersect - pay - friendship - boundary). Below are 24 of the 70 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我明天去 交 房租。
Wǒ míngtiān qù jiāo fángzū.
I am going to pay the rent tomorrow.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 交
请把作业 交 给老师。
Qǐng bǎ zuòyè jiāo gěi lǎoshī.
Please hand your homework to the teacher.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 交
租房要 交 押金。
Zū fáng yào jiāo yājīn.
Renting a flat requires a deposit.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 押金
我想 交 中国朋友。
Wǒ xiǎng jiāo Zhōngguó péngyou.
I want to make Chinese friends.
Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 朋友
他们 交 往了两年。
Tāmen jiāowǎng le liǎng nián.
They have been seeing each other for two years.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 交往
和他 交 往很轻松。
Hé tā jiāowǎng hěn qīngsōng.
It is easy to get along with him.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 交往
请遵守 交 通规则。
Qǐng zūnshǒu jiāotōng guīzé.
Please obey the traffic rules.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 遵守
请提 交 书面申请。
Qǐng tíjiāo shūmiàn shēnqǐng.
Please submit a written application.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 书面
早上的 交 通不太好。
Zǎoshang de jiāotōng bú tài hǎo.
The traffic in the morning is not great.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 交通
语言是 交 流的工具。
Yǔyán shì jiāoliú de gōngjù.
Language is a tool for communication.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 工具
他的 交 际能力很强。
Tā de jiāojì nénglì hěn qiáng.
He has strong social skills.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 交际
语言是 交 际的工具。
Yǔyán shì jiāojì de gōngjù.
Language is a tool for communication.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 交际
他善于和人打 交 道。
Tā shànyú hé rén dǎ jiāodao.
He is good at dealing with people.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 善于
公司每年都要 交 税。
Gōngsī měi nián dōu yào jiāo shuì.
The company pays tax every year.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 税
两条路在这里 交 叉。
Liǎng tiáo lù zài zhèlǐ jiāochā.
The two roads cross here.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 交叉
这笔 交 易金额很大。
Zhè bǐ jiāoyì jīn'é hěn dà.
The sum involved in this transaction is large.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 交易
语言是 交 流的媒介。
Yǔyán shì jiāoliú de méijiè.
Language is the medium of communication.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 媒介
田间小路纵横 交 错。
Tiánjiān xiǎolù zònghéng jiāocuò.
The paths through the fields criss-cross in every direction.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 纵横
路口发生了 交 通事故。
Lùkǒu fāshēng le jiāotōng shìgù.
A traffic accident happened at the crossroads.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 发生
我们经常用汉语 交 流。
Wǒmen chángcháng yòng Hànyǔ jiāoliú.
We often communicate in Chinese.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 交流
路口有一个 交 通标志。
Lùkǒu yǒu yí ge jiāotōng biāozhì.
There is a traffic sign at the intersection.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 标志
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From the graded readers
她把手机 交 给了图书馆的工作人员。
tā bǎshǒu jī jiāogěi le / liǎo / liào túshūguǎn de / dì gōngzuò rényuán.
She'd handed it in to the library staff.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone
From the travel phrasebook
交 appears in 70 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 交
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 交
How is 交 used in a sentence?
This page shows 70 sentences using 交 (jiāo, "Hand in (intersect - pay - friendship - boundary)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 交 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 交 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 交 an HSK word?
Yes — 交 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 交?
The dictionary page for 交 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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