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(Bushou)		 亠
Strokes 2
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Decomp. 亠八乂
亠 + 父
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交 jiāo to hand over / to deliver / to pay (money) / to turn over / to make friends / to intersect (lines) / variant of 跤[jiao1]
Results beginning with 交
交流 jiāo liú to exchange / exchange / communication / interaction / to have social contact (with sb)
交易 jiāo yì (business) transaction / business deal / CL:筆|笔[bi3]
交通 jiāo tōng to be connected / traffic / transportation / communications / liaison
交换 jiāo huàn to exchange / to swap / to switch (telecom) / commutative (math) / to commute
交友 jiāo yǒu to make friends
交给 jiāo gěi to give / to deliver / to hand over
交往 jiāo wǎng to associate (with) / to have contact (with) / to hang out (with) / to date / (interpersonal) relationship / association / contact
交谈 jiāo tán to discuss / to converse / chat / discussion
交代 jiāo dài to transfer (duties to sb else) / to give instructions / to tell (sb to do sth) / to explain / to give an account / to brief / to confess / to account for oneself / (jocular) to come to a bad end
交叉 jiāo chā to cross / to intersect / to overlap
交警 jiāo jǐng traffic police / abbr. for 交通警察
交付 jiāo fù to hand over / to deliver
交货 jiāo huò to deliver goods
交纳 jiāo nà to pay (taxes or dues)
交互 jiāo hù mutual / interactive / each other / alternately / in turn / interaction
交际 jiāo jì communication / social intercourse
交待 jiāo dài variant of 交代[jiao1 dai4]
交替 jiāo tì to replace / alternately / in turn
交织 jiāo zhī to interweave
交错 jiāo cuò to crisscross / to intertwine
交锋 jiāo fēng to cross swords / to have a confrontation (with sb)
交手 jiāo shǒu to fight hand to hand
交大 Jiāo dà Jiaotong University / University of Communications / abbr. of 交通大學|交通大学[Jiao1 tong1 Da4 xue2]
交战 jiāo zhàn to fight / to wage war
交出 jiāo chū to hand over
交接 jiāo jiē (of two things) to come into contact / to meet / to hand over to / to take over from / to associate with / to have friendly relations with / to have sexual intercourse
交情 jiāo qing friendship / friendly relations
交涉 jiāo shè to negotiate (with) / to have dealings (with)
交费 jiāo fèi to pay a fee
交汇 jiāo huì variant of 交匯|交汇 / to flow together / confluence (of rivers, airflow, roads) / (international) cooperation
交融 jiāo róng to blend / to mix
交会 jiāo huì to encounter / to rendezvous / to converge / to meet (a payment)
交钱 jiāo qián to pay up / to shell out / to hand over the money to cover sth
交界 jiāo jiè common boundary / common border
交割 jiāo gē delivery (commerce)
交集 jiāo jí (of diverse emotions) to occur simultaneously / to intermingle / common ground / points of commonality / overlap / connection / interaction / dealings / (math.) (set theory) intersection
交加 jiāo jiā to occur at the same time (of two things) / to be mingled / to accompany each other
交还 jiāo huán to return sth / to hand back
交办 jiāo bàn to assign (a task to sb)
交配 jiāo pèi mating / copulation (esp. of animals)
交椅 jiāo yǐ old-style wooden folding armchair, typically featuring a footrest / (fig.) position in a hierarchy
交管 jiāo guǎn traffic control
交火 jiāo huǒ firefight / shooting
交合 jiāo hé to join / to meet / to copulate / sexual intercourse
交响 jiāo xiǎng symphony, symphonic
交口 Jiāo kǒu Jiaokou county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liang2], Shanxi 山西
交缠 jiāo chán to intertwine / to intermingle
交点 jiāo diǎn meeting point / point of intersection
交差 jiāo chāi to report back after completion of one's mission
交卷 jiāo juàn to hand in one's examination script
交欢 jiāo huān to have cordial relations with each other / to have sexual intercourse
交游 jiāo yóu to have friendly relationships / circle of friends
交恶 jiāo è to become enemies / to become hostile towards
交底 jiāo dǐ to fill sb in (on the details of sth) / to put all one's cards on the table
交托 jiāo tuō to entrust
交媾 jiāo gòu to have sex / to copulate
交班 jiāo bān to hand over to the next workshift
交谊 jiāo yì association / communion / friendship
交趾 Jiāo zhǐ former southernmost province of the Chinese Empire, now northern Vietnam
交变 jiāo biàn half-period of a wave motion / alternation
交兵 jiāo bīng in a state of war
交尾 jiāo wěi to copulate (of animals) / to mate
交角 jiāo jiǎo angle of intersection / angle at which two lines meet
交迫 jiāo pò to be beleaguered
交安 jiāo ān road traffic safety (abbr. for 交通安全)
交拜 jiāo bài to bow to one another / to kneel and kowtow to one another / formal kowtow as part of traditional wedding ceremony
交保 jiāo bǎo to post bail / bail
交臂 jiāo bì linking arms / arm in arm / very close
交并 jiāo bìng occurring simultaneously
交城 Jiāo chéng Jiaocheng county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liang2], Shanxi 山西
交驰 jiāo chí continuously circling one another / to buzz around
交骨 jiāo gǔ pubic bone
交彙 jiāo huì variant of 交匯|交汇 / to flow together / confluence (of rivers, airflow, roads) / (international) cooperation
交睫 jiāo jié to close one's eyes (i.e. sleep)
交结 jiāo jié to associate with / to mix with / to connect
交九 jiāo jiǔ the coldest period of the year / three nine day periods after the winter solstice
交困 jiāo kùn beset with difficulties
交契 jiāo qì friendship
交售 jiāo shòu (of a farmer) to sell one's produce to the state as stipulated by government policy
交卸 jiāo xiè to hand over to a successor / to relinquish one's office
交心 jiāo xīn to open one's heart / to have a heart-to-heart conversation
交由 jiāo yóu to hand over (responsibility for sth) to (sb) / to leave it to (sb else to take charge of the next stage of a process)
交与 jiāo yǔ to hand over
交运 jiāo yùn to meet with luck / to hand over for transportation / to check (one's baggage at an airport etc)
交帐 jiāo zhàng to settle accounts
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交易所 jiāo yì suǒ exchange / stock exchange
交换机 jiāo huàn jī switch (telecommunications)
交朋友 jiāo péng you to make friends / (dialect) to start an affair with sb
交易日 jiāo yì rì (finance) trading day
交易会 jiāo yì huì trade fair
交通部 Jiāo tōng bù Ministry of Transport / Transport Department
交响曲 jiāo xiǎng qǔ symphony
交响乐 jiāo xiǎng yuè symphony
交叉口 jiāo chā kǒu (road) intersection
交易额 jiāo yì é sum or volume of business transactions / turnover
交易员 jiāo yì yuán dealer / trader
交通费 jiāo tōng fèi transport costs
交货期 jiāo huò qī delivery time (time between ordering goods and receiving the delivery) / date of delivery
交通线 jiāo tòng xiàn line of communication
交流电 jiāo liú diàn alternating current
交谊舞 jiāo yì wǔ social dance / ballroom dancing
交换器 jiāo huàn qì (telecom or network) switch
交接班 jiāo jiē bān to change shift
交钥匙  turnkey
交通卡 jiāo tōng kǎ public transportation card / prepaid transit card / subway pass
交杯酒 jiāo bēi jiǔ formal exchange of cups of wine between bride and groom as traditional wedding ceremony
交际舞 jiāo jì wǔ social dance / ballroom dance
交通警 jiāo tōng jǐng traffic police
交战国 jiāo zhàn guó belligerent
交叉角  angle of cut / crossing angle of position lines
交叉列  cross-tabulations
交叉点 jiāo chā diǎn junction / crossroads / intersection point
交叉熵 jiāo chā shāng cross entropy (information theory)
交城县 Jiāo chéng xiàn Jiaocheng county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liang2], Shanxi 山西
交点线 jiāo diǎn xiàn line of nodes
交付品 jiāo fù pǐn deliverables
交管所 jiāo guǎn suǒ DMV (department of motor vehicles) (abbr. for 公安局交通管理局車輛管理所|公安局交通管理局车辆管理所)
交换端 jiāo huàn duān switched port
交换律 jiāo huàn lu:4 commutative law xy = yx (math)
交换码 jiāo huàn mǎ interchange code / computer coding for characters, including Chinese
交汇处 jiāo huì chù confluence (of two rivers) / junction (of roads) / (transport) interchange
交际费 jiāo jì fèi representation allowance
交际花 jiāo jì huā (female) social butterfly / socialite / courtesan
交口县 Jiāo kǒu xiàn Jiaokou county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liang2], Shanxi 山西
交款单 jiāo kuǎn dān payment slip
交粮本 jiāo liáng běn to hand in one's ration cards / to die
交流道 jiāo liú dào (Tw) highway interchange / (fig.) channel of communication
交替层 jiāo tì céng rhythmite
交通车 jiāo tōng chē shuttle bus
交通灯 jiāo tōng dēng traffic light
交通锥 jiāo tōng zhuī traffic cone
交易者 jiāo yì zhě dealer
交战方 jiāo zhàn fāng belligerent
交易市场 jiāo yì shì chǎng exchange / trading floor
交通运输 jiāo tōng yùn shū transport
交通大学 Jiāo tōng Dà xué abbr. for 上海交通大學|上海交通大学 / Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 西安交通大學|西安交通大学 / Xia'an Jiaotong University, 國立交通大學|国立交通大学 / National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan) etc
交通工具 jiāo tōng gōng jù means of transportation / vehicle
交通安全 jiāo tōng ān quán road-traffic
交通银行 Jiāo tōng Yín háng Bank of Communications
交响乐团 jiāo xiǎng yuè tuán symphony orchestra
交易成本 jiāo yì chéng běn transaction costs
交头接耳 jiāo tóu jiē ěr to whisper to one another's ear
交通规则 jiāo tōng guī zé traffic rules / rules of the road
交通警察 jiāo tōng jǐng chá traffic police / abbr. to 交警
交感神经 jiāo gǎn shén jīng sympathetic nervous system
交通堵塞 jiāo tōng dǔ sè road congestion / traffic jam
交换技术 jiāo huàn jì shù switching technology
交通标志 jiāo tōng biāo zhì traffic sign
交换价值 jiāo huàn jià zhí exchange value
交浅言深 jiāo qiǎn yán shēn to talk intimately while being comparative strangers (idiom)
Approximate Results for 交
提交 tí jiāo to submit (a report etc) / to refer (a problem) to sb
成交 chéng jiāo to complete a contract / to reach a deal
公交 gōng jiāo public transportation / mass transit / abbr. for 公共交通[gong1 gong4 jiao1 tong1]
外交 wài jiāo diplomacy / diplomatic / foreign affairs / CL:個|个[ge4]
性交 xìng jiāo sexual intercourse
社交 shè jiāo interaction / social contact
递交 dì jiāo to present / to give / to hand over / to hand in / to lay before
移交 yí jiāo to transfer / to hand over
结交 jié jiāo to make friends with
相交 xiāng jiāo to cross over (e.g. traffic) / to intersect / to make friends
杂交 zá jiāo to hybridize / to crossbreed / promiscuity
上交 shàng jiāo to hand over to / to give to higher authority / to seek connections in high places
口交 kǒu jiāo oral sex
转交 zhuǎn jiāo to pass on to sb / to carry and give to sb else
送交 sòng jiāo to hand over / to deliver
缴交 jiǎo jiāo to hand in / to hand over
建交 jiàn jiāo to establish diplomatic relations
立交 lì jiāo abbr. for 立體交叉|立体交叉[li4 ti3 jiao1 cha1] overpass
补交 bǔ jiāo to hand in after the deadline / to pay after the due date
肛交 gāng jiāo anal intercourse
援交 yuán jiāo abbr. for 援助交際|援助交际[yuan2 zhu4 jiao1 ji4]
绝交 jué jiāo to break off relations / to break with sb
正交 zhèng jiāo orthogonality
私交 sī jiāo personal friendship
至交 zhì jiāo best friend
邦交 bāng jiāo relations between two countries / diplomatic relations
知交 zhī jiāo intimate friend
断交 duàn jiāo to end a relationship / to break off diplomatic ties
世交 shì jiāo (long time) friend of the family
摔交 shuāi jiāo variant of 摔跤[shuai1 jiao1]
呈交 chéng jiāo (formal and deferential) to present / to submit
神交 shén jiāo soul brothers / friends in spirit who have never met / to commune with
滥交 làn jiāo to fall into bad company / to make acquaintances indiscriminately
故交 gù jiāo former acquaintance / old friend
群交 qún jiāo group sex
乳交 rǔ jiāo mammary intercourse
近交  inbred
迟交 chí jiāo to delay handing over (payment, homework etc)
点交 diǎn jiāo to hand over (bought goods etc)
跌交 diē jiāo variant of 跌跤[die1 jiao1]
发交 fā jiāo to issue and deliver (to people)
复交 fù jiāo to reopen diplomatic relations
古交 Gǔ jiāo Gujiao, county-level city in Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2], Shanxi
股交 gǔ jiāo intercrural sex
回交 huí jiāo backcrossing (i.e. hybridization with parent)
混交 hùn jiāo mixed (growth of wood)
旧交 jiù jiāo old friend / former acquaintance
开交 kāi jiāo (used with negative) to conclude / (impossible) to end / (can't) finish
兰交 lán jiāo close friendship / a meeting of minds
面交 miàn jiāo to deliver personally / to hand over face-to-face
手交 shǒu jiāo handjob / manual stimulation
斜交 xié jiāo bevel / oblique
义交 yì jiāo traffic auxiliary police (Tw)
运交 yùn jiāo to consign / to send (goods to customers) / shipping / delivery
指交 zhǐ jiāo fingering (sexual act)
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公交车 gōng jiāo chē public transport vehicle / town bus / CL:輛|辆[liang4]
外交部 Wài jiāo bù Ministry of Foreign Affairs / foreign office / Dept. of State
打交道 dǎ jiāo dào to come into contact with / to have dealings
广交会 Guǎng Jiāo Huì China Export Commodities Fair also known as the Canton Fair
成交价 chéng jiāo jià sale price / negotiated price / price reached in an auction
立交桥 lì jiāo qiáo overpass / flyover
外交官 wài jiāo guān diplomat
性交易 xìng jiāo yì prostitution / commercial sex / the sex trade
证交所 zhèng jiāo suǒ stock exchange
外交家 wài jiāo jiā diplomat
忘年交 wàng nián jiāo friends despite the difference in age
混交林 hùn jiāo lín mixed forest
证交会 zhèng jiāo huì US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
套交情 tào jiāo qing to try to gain sb's friendship
平交道 píng jiāo dào level crossing
外交法  diplomatic law
港交所 gǎng jiāo suǒ Hong Kong Stock Exchange / abbr. for 香港交易所
公交站 gōng jiāo zhàn public transport station
古交市 Gǔ jiāo shì Gujiao, county-level city in Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2], Shanxi
拉交情 lā jiāo qing to try to form friendly ties with sb for one's own benefit / to suck up to sb
纽交所 Niǔ Jiāo suǒ abbr. for 紐約證券交易所|纽约证券交易所[Niu3 yue1 Zheng4 quan4 Jiao1 yi4 suo3]
三交点 sān jiāo diǎn triple junction / tri-junction point / triple meeting point
社交舞 shè jiāo wǔ social dancing
相交点 xiāng jiāo diǎn cross-over point
相交数 xiāng jiāo shù intersection number (math.)
移交区 yí jiāo qū area of transfer
援交妹 yuán jiāo mèi prostitute (slang) / see also 援助交際|援助交际[yuan2 zhu4 jiao1 ji4]
杂交瘤 zá jiāo liú hybridoma
正交群 zhèng jiāo qún orthogonal group (math.)
作交易 zuò jiāo yì to deal / to transact
文化交流 wén huà jiāo liú cultural exchange
轨道交通 guǐ dào jiāo tōng metro / rapid transit / subway
公共交通 gōng gòng jiāo tōng public transport / mass transit
不可开交 bù kě kāi jiāo to be awfully (busy etc)
股票交易 gǔ piào jiāo yì share transaction
外交政策 wài jiāo zhèng cè foreign policy
外交部长 wài jiāo bù zhǎng minister of foreign affairs
纵横交错 zòng héng jiāo cuò criss-crossed (idiom)
百感交集 bǎi gǎn jiāo jí all sorts of feelings well up in one's heart
失之交臂 shī zhī jiāo bì to miss narrowly / to let a great opportunity slip
外交关系 wài jiāo guān xì foreign relations / diplomatic relations
心力交瘁 xīn lì jiāo cuì to be both mentally and physically exhausted (idiom)
饥寒交迫 jī hán jiāo pò beset by hunger and cold (idiom) / starving and freezing / in desperate poverty
热交换器 rè jiāo huàn qì heat exchanger
觥筹交错 gōng chóu jiāo cuò wine goblets and gambling chips lie intertwined / to drink and gamble together in a large group (idiom) / a big (drinking) party
金融交易  financial transactions
悲喜交集 bēi xǐ jiāo jí mixed feelings of grief and joy
一面之交 yī miàn zhī jiāo to have met once / casual acquaintance
立体交叉 lì tǐ jiāo chā three-dimensional road junction (i.e. involving flyover bridges or underpass tunnels) / overpass
八拜之交 bā bài zhī jiāo sworn brotherhood / intimate friendship
点头之交 diǎn tóu zhī jiāo nodding acquaintance
泛泛之交 fàn fàn zhī jiāo nodding acquaintance / slight familiarity
公平交易 gōng píng jiāo yì fair dealing
患难之交 huàn nàn zhī jiāo a friend in times of tribulations (idiom) / a friend in need is a friend indeed
悔恨交加 huǐ hèn jiāo jiā to feel remorse and shame (idiom)
金兰之交 jīn lán zhī jiāo intimate friendship (idiom)
君子之交 jūn zǐ zhī jiāo friendship between gentlemen, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3])
老实巴交 lǎo shi bā jiāo (coll.) docile / well-behaved / biddable
履舄交错 lu:3 xì jiāo cuò lit. shoes and slippers muddled together (idiom) / fig. many guests come and go / a lively party
莫逆之交 mò nì zhī jiāo intimate friendship / bosom buddies
目不交睫 mù bù jiāo jié lit. the eyelashes do not come together (idiom) / fig. to not sleep a wink
贫病交加 pín bìng jiāo jiā poverty compounded by ill health (idiom)
贫病交迫 pín bìng jiāo pò beset by poverty and illness (idiom)
身心交病 shēn xīn jiāo bìng worn out in body and soul (idiom)
身心交瘁 shēn xīn jiāo cuì worn out in body and soul (idiom)
世代交替 shì dài jiāo tì alternation of generations
涕泪交流 tì lèi jiāo liú tears and mucus flowing profusely (idiom) / weeping tragically
外交特权 wài jiāo tè quán diplomatic immunity
竹马之交 zhú mǎ zhī jiāo childhood friend (idiom)
总角之交 zǒng jiǎo zhī jiāo childhood friend (idiom)
移交说明  Handover Note
套头交易  hedging
分配交易  distributive transactions
触觉交流  tactile communication
议会外交  parliamentary diplomacy
民间外交  people-to-people diplomacy
担保交易  secured transaction
外交时间  diplomatic hour
不相交弧  non-intersecting arcs
正交离差  deviation from the orthogonal
正式外交  track-one process / official government diplomacy
逐步移交  phased transition / progressive handover
近距交叉  short-range intersection
移交程序  handover procedure
生境交换  eco-swap
公共外交  public diplomacy
社交距离  social distancing
外交保证  diplomatic assurances
发交机构  referring organ
权力移交  devolution of authority
移交协定  devolution agreement
外交豁免  diplomatic immunity
外交调停  diplomatic intercession
移交权力  transfer of authority
前交战方  former warring faction
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