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
交替
jiāotì
to alternate; to take turns
Characters in this word
替 tì
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 曰 — to speak
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 在长期照护中，专业服务与家庭支持应当交替发挥作用，而不是彼此取代。 Zài chángqī zhàohù zhōng, zhuānyè fúwù yǔ jiātíng zhīchí yīngdāng jiāotì fāhuī zuòyòng, ér bú shì bǐcǐ qǔdài. In long-term care, professional services and family support should alternate in playing their roles rather than replace one another.
- 两位司机交替开车，所以一路上都不累。 Liǎng wèi sījī jiāotì kāichē, suǒyǐ yílù shang dōu bú lèi. The two drivers took turns driving, so neither got tired along the way.
- 晴天和阴天交替出现，天气很难预测。 Qíngtiān hé yīntiān jiāotì chūxiàn, tiānqì hěn nán yùcè. Sunny and cloudy days alternate, so the weather is hard to predict.
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