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交通

交通

Chinese

 
to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)
 
go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open
simp. and trad.
(交通) 		交 通

Noun

交通

  1. transportation
  2. traffic
  3. communications

Derived terms

Verb

交通

  1. (archaic) to collude with
  2. (archaic) to go through without obstructions

Japanese

交通 (kōtsū): traffic.
Kanji in this term
交 通
こう
Grade: 2 		つう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

/kautuː/ → /kɔːt͡suː/ → /koːt͡suː/

From Middle Chinese compound 交通 ‎(kaew thuwng, literally “cross through”).

Pronunciation

Noun

交通 ‎(hiragana こうつう, romaji kōtsū, historical hiragana かうつう)

  1. transportation
  2. traffic
    交通事故 (こうつうじこ)
    kōtsū jiko
    traffic accident
  3. social intercourse

Verb

交通する ‎(hiragana こうつうする, romaji kōtsū suru, historical hiragana かうつうする)

  1. to travel along a specific route
  2. to have contact with other people, to engage in social intercourse

Conjugation

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  • 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Noun

交通 • ‎(gyotong) ‎(hangeul 교통)

  1. Hanja form? of 교통, “transportation, traffic”.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
交 通

Verb

交通

  1. Hán tự form of giao thông, “to communicate; transportation, traffic”

Pronunciation

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