交接

Mandarin · pinyin jiāo jiē

Meanings

  1. (of two things) to come into contact
  2. to meet
  3. to hand over to
  4. to take over from
  5. to associate with
  6. to have friendly relations with
  7. to have sexual intercourse
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交
jiāo · mix; intersect; exchange, communicate; deliver
接
jiē · receive; continue; catch; connect
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Mandarin tones

1–1 · jiao1 jie1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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verb

  1. to link; to connect; to join
  2. to make friends with; to establish a connection with; to associate with
  3. to transfer; to hand over; to settle (transfer money or property)
  4. to alternate; to occur one after another
  5. to have sex; to copulate

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交接 · jiao1 jie1
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Exact source record交接 交接 [jiao1 jie1] /(of two things) to come into contact/to meet/to hand over to/to take over from/to associate with/to have friendly relations with/to have sexual intercourse/