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
交头接耳
jiāotóujiē'ěr
to whisper to one another
Characters in this word
头 tóu
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- Made of
- ⺀ ice 大 big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
接 jiē
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 妾 concubine
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
耳 ěr
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 耳 — ear
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 老师还在讲课，后排的同学却在交头接耳。 Lǎoshī hái zài jiǎngkè, hòupái de tóngxué què zài jiāotóu jiē'ěr. The teacher was still lecturing, but the classmates in the back row were whispering to each other.
- 电影院里，别交头接耳，会影响别人。 Diànyǐngyuàn lǐ, bié jiāotóu jiē'ěr, huì yǐngxiǎng biérén. In the cinema, don't whisper to each other; it disturbs other people.
- 看到老板走进来，大家立刻停止了交头接耳。 Kàndào lǎobǎn zǒu jìnlái, dàjiā lìkè tíngzhǐ le jiāotóu jiē'ěr. Seeing the boss walk in, everyone immediately stopped whispering to one another.
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