交通

交通

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāotōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ ㄊㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau¹ tung¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâu-thûng
• Min Dong (BUC): gău-tŭng
• Min Nan (POJ): kau-thong
• Wu (Wiktionary): jiau thon (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiāotōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ ㄊㄨㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiautong
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau¹ tung¹
    • Yale: gāau tūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau¹ tung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao¹ tung¹
    • IPA ^(key): /käːu̯⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâu-thûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: gau´ tung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gau¹ tung¹
    • IPA: /kau̯²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰuŋ²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gău-tŭng
    • IPA ^(key): /kau⁵⁵ ^(tʰ-)luŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau-thong
    • Tâi-lô: kau-thong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kau'tofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kaʊ³³ tʰɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: jiau thon (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɔ⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ²¹/

Noun

交通

1. transportation; traffic

   交通要道  ―  jiāotōng yàodào  ―  main road

2. communications; liaison

Derived terms

交通島／交通岛 (jiāotōngdǎo) 交通工具 (jiāotōng gōngjù) 交通錐／交通锥 (jiāotōngzhuī)

交通阻塞 (jiāotōng zǔsè) 公共交通 (gōnggòng jiāotōng) 共同交通 (gòngtóng jiāotōng)

Verb

交通

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

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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

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) こーつう [kòótsúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ko̞ːt͡sɨᵝː]

Noun

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

1. transportation
2. traffic

   交 (こう)通 (つう)事 (じ)故 (こ)

   kōtsū jiko

   traffic accident

3. social intercourse

Verb

交通する (hiragana こうつうする, rōmaji 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

Conjugation of "交通する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	交通し	こうつうし	kōtsū shi
Continuative (連用形)	交通し	こうつうし	kōtsū shi
Terminal (終止形)	交通する	こうつうする	kōtsū suru
Attributive (連体形)	交通する	こうつうする	kōtsū suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	交通すれ	こうつうすれ	kōtsū sure
Imperative (命令形)	交通せよ¹ 交通しろ²	こうつうせよ¹ こうつうしろ²	kōtsū seyo¹ kōtsū shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	交通される	こうつうされる	kōtsū sareru
Causative	交通させる 交通さす	こうつうさせる こうつうさす	kōtsū saseru kōtsū sasu
Potential	交通できる	こうつうできる	kōtsū dekiru
Volitional	交通しよう	こうつうしよう	kōtsū shiyō
Negative	交通しない	こうつうしない	kōtsū shinai
Negative continuative	交通せず	こうつうせず	kōtsū sezu
Formal	交通します	こうつうします	kōtsū shimasu
Perfective	交通した	こうつうした	kōtsū shita
Conjunctive	交通して	こうつうして	kōtsū shite
Hypothetical conditional	交通すれば	こうつうすれば	kōtsū sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

• 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.

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Korean

Noun

交通 • (gyotong) (hangeul 교통)

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

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
交	通

Verb

交通

1. Hán tự form of giao thông (“to communicate”).

Noun

交通

1. Hán tự form of giao thông (“transportation, traffic”).