交通

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交通

1. transportation; transport; traffic

   交通要道  ―  jiāotōng yàodào  ―  main road

   雙向交通／双向交通  ―  shuāngxiàng jiāotōng  ―  two-way traffic

   交通繁忙  ―  jiāotōng fánmáng  ―  heavy traffic

   道路交通信息  ―  dàolù jiāotōng xìnxī  ―  traffic information

   有礙交通／有碍交通  ―  yǒu'ài jiāotōng  ―  to hinder traffic

   地面交通  ―  dìmiàn jiāotōng  ―  ground transportation

   阻礙交通／阻碍交通  ―  zǔ'ài jiāotōng  ―  to obstruct traffic

   • 1920 February 1, Hu Shi, “國語的進化”, in 新青年, volume 7, number 3, 羣益書社, page 5:

     後來陸地交通有了人力車，馬車，火車，電車；水路交通有了汽船：人類交通更方便了，更穩當了，更快捷了。 [MSC, trad.]
     后来陆地交通有了人力车，马车，火车，电车；水路交通有了汽船：人类交通更方便了，更稳当了，更快捷了。 [MSC, simp.]

     Hòulái lùdì jiāotōng yǒu le rénlìchē, mǎchē, huǒchē, diànchē; shuǐlù jiāotōng yǒu le qìchuán: rénlèi jiāotōng gèng fāngbiàn le, gèng wěndang le, gèng kuàijié le. [Pinyin]

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2. communications; liaison
3. liaison person

交通

1. (literary) to be linked with

   • 春三月，天地乾燥，水糾列之時也，山川涸落，天氣下，地氣上，萬物交通。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     春三月，天地干燥，水纠列之时也，山川涸落，天气下，地气上，万物交通。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Guanzi, 5^th century BCE to 220 CE

     Chūn sānyuè, tiāndì qiánzào, shuǐ jiūliè zhī shí yě, shānchuān héluò, tiānqì xià, dìqì shàng, wànwù jiāotōng. [Pinyin]

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   • 阡陌交通，雞犬相聞。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     阡陌交通，鸡犬相闻。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 421, Tao Yuanming, 桃花源記 (The Peach Blossom Spring)

     Qiānmò jiāotōng, jī quǎn xiàng wén. [Pinyin]

     Linking paths led everywhere, and the fowls and dogs of one farm could be heard from the next.

2. (literary) to contact; to communicate with

   • 夫不喜文學，好任俠，已然諾。諸所與交通，無非豪桀大猾。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     夫不喜文学，好任侠，已然诺。诸所与交通，无非豪桀大猾。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Fū bù xǐ wénxué, hǎo rènxiá, yǐrán nuò. Zhū suǒ yǔ jiāotōng, wúfēi háojié dàhuá. [Pinyin]

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   • 南中有歌營國，去京師甚遠，風土隔絕，世不與中國交通。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     南中有歌营国，去京师甚远，风土隔绝，世不与中国交通。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 6th century, 洛陽伽藍記

     Nánzhōng yǒu Gēyíngguó, qù jīngshī shèn yuǎn, fēngtǔ géjué, shì bù yǔ Zhōngguó jiāotōng. [Pinyin]

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3. (literary) to collude with

   • 樊稠何故交通韓遂，欲謀造反？ [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     樊稠何故交通韩遂，欲谋造反？ [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th century CE

     Fán Chóu hégù jiāotōng Hán Suì, yù móu zàofǎn? [Pinyin]

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• (to collude with):

/kautuː/ → /kɔːt͡suː/ → /koːt͡suː/

From Middle Chinese compound 交通 (kaew thuwng, literally “cross through”).

• (Tokyo) こーつう [kòótsúú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːt͡sɨː]

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

1. transportation
2. traffic

   交通(こうつう)事故(じこ)

   kōtsū jiko

   traffic accident

3. social intercourse

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

• 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.

交通 • (gyotong) (hangeul 교통)

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

交通

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

交通

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