交到

jiāodào

verb #27,044

Meanings

1 to make (friends)
2 to hand over to
3 to submit to

Characters

to hand; to make; to associate

to arrive; resultative complement indicating success

Examples

他在大学里交到了很多好朋友。

Tā zài dàxué lǐ jiāodào le hěn duō hǎo péngyou.

He made many good friends in university.

请把报告交到秘书那里。

Qǐng bǎ bàogào jiāodào mìshū nàlǐ.

Please hand the report over to the secretary.

Tips

usage

交到朋友 is the natural way to say 'make friends' in Mandarin — the 到 adds the sense of successfully achieving the result, emphasizing completion.

Stroke Order

交 jiāo

到 dào