交 jiāo
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亠 — lid, cover
- Made of
- 六 six 乂 to govern
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
交情
jiāoqing
friendship; personal connection
Characters in this word
情 qíng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 青 blue, green
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 两家企业虽然竞争多年，但负责人私下仍有不浅的交情。 Liǎng jiā qǐyè suīrán jìngzhēng duō nián, dàn fùzérén sīxià réng yǒu bù qiǎn de jiāoqing. Although the two companies have competed for years, their leaders still have a fairly close personal relationship in private.
- 我们俩是多年的老交情了，什么话都能说。 Wǒmen liǎ shì duō nián de lǎo jiāoqing le, shénme huà dōu néng shuō. We have been old friends for many years and can talk about anything.
- 看在老交情的份上，你就帮他一次吧。 Kàn zài lǎo jiāoqing de fèn shang, nǐ jiù bāng tā yí cì ba. For the sake of our old friendship, just help him this once.
Related words
- 公交车 gōngjiāochē bus
- 交 jiāo to hand in; to make
- 交给 jiāogěi to hand over
- 交朋友 jiāopéngyou to make friends
- 交通 jiāotōng transportation; traffic
- 交费 jiāofèi to pay a fee
- 交警 jiāojǐng traffic police officer
- 交流 jiāoliú to communicate; to exchange
- 交往 jiāowǎng to have contact; to associate
- 交易 jiāoyì deal; transaction
- 外交 wàijiāo diplomacy
- 交换 jiāohuàn to exchange