交通

Chinese
 
to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)
 
go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open
simp. and trad.
(交通)		 交 通

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

交通

  1. transportation; traffic
    交通要道  ―  jiāotōng yàodào  ―  main road
  2. communications; liaison

Derived terms

Verb

交通

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

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

Pronunciation

Noun

交通 (hiragana こうつう, rōmaji kōtsū, historical hiragana かうつう)

  1. transportation
  2. traffic
    交 (こう)通 (つう)事 (じ)故 (こ)
    kōtsū jiko
    traffic accident
  3. social intercourse

Verb

交通する (hiragana こうつうする, rōmaji kōtsū suru, historical hiragana かうつうする)

  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.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 交通し こうつうし kōtsū shi
Continuative (連用形) 交通し こうつうし kōtsū shi
Terminal (終止形) 交通する こうつうする kōtsū suru
Attributive (連体形) 交通する こうつうする kōtsū suru
Hypothetical (仮定形) 交通すれ こうつうすれ kōtsū sure
Imperative (命令形) 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
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Noun

交通 • (gyotong) (hangeul 교통)

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

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this word
交通

Verb

交通

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

Noun

交通

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