交 接

jiāojiē

Meaning

(of two things) to come into contact
to meet
to hand over to

Show 4 more meanings

to take over from
to associate with
to have friendly relations with
to have sexual intercourse

Example

在他们双目交接的瞬间，世界仿佛静止了。

When their eyes met, it was as if the world stood still.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

jiāoHSK 26 strokesto hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over jiēHSK 211 strokesto receive

More HSK 7-9 words

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Not to be confused with: 交界 (jiāojiè, common boundary)