How to say “transportation” in Chinese
transportation, traffic
“Transportation” in Chinese is 交通, jiāo tōng: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
交通 is read jiāo tōng: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
On the left, 辶 “walk”. Inside, 甬 — as in 痛 tòng and 桶 tǒng.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “交通”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 交通. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 这个城市的交通很方便zhègechéngshìdejiāotōnghěnfāngbiànGetting around this city is easy.
- 公寓交通便利，居住舒适。gōngyùjiāotōngbiànlì,jūzhùshūshìApartment: convenient transport, comfortable living.
- 这里的交通很发达zhèlǐdejiāotōnghěnfādáTransport here is well developed.
- 暴雨造成了严重的交通问题bàoyǔzàochéngleyánzhòngdejiāotōngwèntíThe downpour caused serious traffic problems.
- 城市大力发展公共交通。chéngshìdàlìfāzhǎngōnggòngjiāotōngThe city is actively developing public transport.
- 这个城市的轨道交通十分发达zhègechéngshìdeguǐdàojiāotōngshífēnfādáThis city has a highly developed rail transit system.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “transportation” in Chinese?
“Transportation” in Chinese is 交通, pinyin jiāotōng.
What does 交通 mean?
交通 (jiāotōng) means “transportation, traffic”.
How do you write 交通?
交通 is 2 characters: 交 (jiāo) — cross; hand over; 通 (tōng) — go through; connect. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 交通?
交通 is read jiāotōng. Tones: jiāo — first tone, tōng — first tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“transportation” in the lesson “Roads and traffic jams”
This word is from the topic “On the road: transportation” of HSK 4. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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