Chinese symbol for “transportation”
交通
jiāo tōng
to be connected; traffic; transportation; communications
The closest CC-CEDICT match for transportation is 交通 (jiāo tōng), defined as: to be connected; traffic; transportation; communications; liaison.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “transportation”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 交通.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 交易 | jiāo yì | to deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal |
| 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 |
| 通过 (通過) | tōng guò | to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation) |
| 通常 | tōng cháng | regular; usual; normal; usually; normally |
| 普通 | pǔ tōng | common; ordinary |
See also: Japanese symbol for “transportation”.
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.