交
jiāo
to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over
to make friends; (of lines) to intersect; variant of 跤[jiao1]
six (六) + crossing lines (乂) = intersect, exchange, hand over
Six lines crossing over each other evokes the image of hands or paths meeting — a moment of exchange, intersection, or handoff. This crossing idea extends naturally to making friends, paying dues, and delivering goods.
请你把这份文件交给他。
qǐng nǐ bǎ zhè fèn wén jiàn jiāo gěi tā。
Please hand this document over to him.
你忘了交电费，快去交吧。
nǐ wàng le jiāo diàn fèi， kuài qù jiāo ba。
You forgot to pay the electricity bill — go pay it quickly.
Words with 交
通用汉字标准交换码
tōng yòng hàn zì biāo zhǔn jiāo huàn mǎ
abbr. to 通用碼|通用码[Tong1 yong4 ma3]
运交
yùn jiāo
to consign
递交
dì jiāo
to present
迟交
chí jiāo
to delay handing over (payment, homework etc)
邦交
bāng jiāo
relations between two countries
金兰之交
jīn lán zhī jiāo
intimate friendship (idiom)
开交
kāi jiāo
(used with negative) to conclude
杂交
zá jiāo
to hybridize
杂交植物
zá jiāo zhí wù
hybrid plant
杂交派对
zá jiāo pài duì
sex party
离子交换
lí zǐ jiāo huàn
ion exchange
电子数据交换
diàn zǐ shù jù jiāo huàn
electronic exchange of data