建交

Chinese

		to establish; to found; to set up to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct	to deliver; to turn over; to make friends to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)
simp. and trad. (建交)		建	交

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiànjiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gin³ gaau¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiàn-kau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiànjiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiànjiao
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴-chiao¹
    • Yale: jyàn-jyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannjiau
    • Palladius: цзяньцзяо (czjanʹczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gin³ gaau¹
    • Yale: gin gāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gin³ gaau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gin³ gao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn³³ kaːu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiàn-kau
    • Tâi-lô: kiàn-kau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiernkaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ kau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kau³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ kau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ kau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ kau⁴⁴/

Verb

建交

1. to establish diplomatic relations with

   Antonym: 斷交／断交 (duànjiāo)