ReadWriteQuiz
Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.hand/turn over; deliver
交作业前仔细检查一下拼写错误。
Go over your work for spelling mistakes before you hand it in.
他被交到警察手里。
He was delivered into the hand of the police.
把任务交到我们这个组吧。
Leave the task to our team.
antonym
- 2
cross; intersect
这两条直线交于一点。
The two lines intersect at one point.
他把手交在背后，缓步走着。
He walked slowly with his hands crossed behind his back.
他把胳膊交在胸前怒视着她。
He crossed his arm over his chest and glared at her.
synonym
- 3
exchange; mutually; bargain; business transaction
交换
exchange
交流
communicate
成交
strike a bargain
synonym
- 4
fmlassociate with; friendship; acquaintance
这种人不可交。
Don't make friends with such people.
你在学校交朋友了吗？
Did you make any friends at school?
他在大学里交了很多朋友。
He made a lot of friends in college.
- 5
have sexual intercourse; (of animals or plants) mate; breed; reproduce
杂交
crossbed
交媾
sexual intercourse
交配
copulate
- 6
(of places or periods of time) meet; join
春夏之交
when spring is changing into summer
这座山在两省之交。
The mountain stands where the two provinces meet.
- 7
together; simultaneously
交口称誉
be praised by one and all
Words and phrases with 交
- 交货[word]deliver goods; delivery
- 交界[word]have a common boundary
- 交易会[word]trade fair
- 交待[word]end; #$
- 交友[word]make friends
- 交融[word]blend
- 交通事故[word]road accident
- 交互[word]each other; interactively
- 交感神经[word]sympathetic nerve
- 交头接耳[idiom]speak in each other's ears
- 交相辉映[idiom]enhance each other's beauty
- 交浅言深[idiom]give sincere advice to people of ordinary friendship
- 交臂失之[idiom]fail to meet someone by a narrow chance
- 交口称誉[idiom]be praised by one and all
Word usage
- Note"交" is different from "缴" in terms of "delivery" and "payment": "交" can be used widely, "缴" is used for the payment or forced fulfilling of obligations.