Chinese symbol for “associate”
交往
jiāo wǎng
to associate (with); to have contact (with); to hang out (with); to date
The closest CC-CEDICT match for associate is 交往 (jiāo wǎng), defined as: to associate (with); to have contact (with); to hang out (with); to date; (interpersonal) relationship; association.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “associate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 联想 (聯想) | lián xiǎng | to associate (cognitively); to make an associative connection |
| 伴 | bàn | partner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany |
| 联想起 (聯想起) | lián xiǎng qǐ | to associate; to think of |
| 相处 (相處) | xiāng chǔ | to be in contact (with sb); to associate |
| 近人 | jìn rén | contemporary; modern person |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 交往.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 交易 | jiāo yì | to deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal |
| 交通 | jiāo tōng | to be connected; traffic |
| 交流 | jiāo liú | to exchange; exchange |
| 交换 (交換) | jiāo huàn | to exchange; to swap |
| 外交 | wài jiāo | diplomacy; diplomatic |
| 交给 (交給) | jiāo gěi | to give; to deliver; to hand over |
| 前往 | qián wǎng | to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to |
| 往往 | wǎng wǎng | usually; in many cases |
See also: Japanese symbol for “associate”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.