交

jiāo

Novice Level 2* ★ Core word
Verb

交 (jiāo) is a Chinese word meaning “to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over”. It sits at TOCFL Level 2* (CEFR Novice) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over
  2. to make friends
  3. (of lines) to intersect
  4. variant of 跤

Stroke order

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Example

請把作業交給老師。

Please hand in your homework to the teacher.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).