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
trad. (交通)		交	通
simp. #(交通)		交	通

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “is it from Japanese?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāotōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ ㄊㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau¹ tung¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâu-thûng
• Eastern Min (BUC): gău-tŭng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kau-thong
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹jiau-thon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāotōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ ㄊㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiaotong
    • Wade–Giles: chiao¹-tʻung¹
    • Yale: jyāu-tūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiautong
    • Palladius: цзяотун (czjaotun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau¹ tung¹
    • Yale: gāau tūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau¹ tung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao¹ tung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâu-thûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: gau´ tung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gau¹ tung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kau̯²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰuŋ²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gău-tŭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau⁵⁵ ^(tʰ-)luŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau-thong
    • Tâi-lô: kau-thong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kau'tofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kau⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kau³³ tʰɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kau⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹jiau-thon
    • MiniDict: jiau^平 thon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹jjiau-thon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑiɔ⁵⁵ tʰoŋ²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 交通

1. transportation; transport; traffic

   交通要道  ―  jiāotōng yàodào  ―  main road

   交通繁忙  ―  jiāotōng fánmáng  ―  heavy traffic

2. communications; liaison

Verb

交通

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

(deprecated template usage)

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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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese compound 交通 (kaew thuwng, literally “cross through”).

Noun

交(こう)通(つう) • (kōtsū) ^{←かうつう (kautuu)?}

1. transportation
2. traffic

   交通事故(こうつうじこ)

   kōtsū jiko

   traffic accident

3. social intercourse

Verb

交(こう)通(つう)する • (kōtsū suru) ^{←かうつう (kautuu)?}suru (stem 交(こう)通(つう)し (kōtsū shi), past 交(こう)通(つう)した (kōtsū shita))

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.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	交通し	こうつうし	kōtsū shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	交通し	こうつうし	kōtsū shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	交通する	こうつうする	kōtsū suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	交通する	こうつうする	kōtsū suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	交通すれ	こうつうすれ	kōtsū sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	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

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
• 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

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
交	通

Verb

交通

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

Noun

交通

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