交接

jiāojiē

verb HSK 7-9 #16,543

Meanings

1 to hand over (duties, responsibilities)
2 to transition; to transfer (between shifts or roles)

Characters

to hand over; to exchange

to receive; to take over

One person 交 (hands over) while the other 接 (receives) - the word captures both sides of a transfer.

Examples

HSK 3

他和新同事交接了工作。

Tā hé xīn tóngshì jiāojiē le gōngzuò.

He handed over his work to his new colleague.

HSK 4

两班工人正在进行交接。

Liǎng bān gōngrén zhèngzài jìnxíng jiāojiē.

The two shifts of workers are doing a handover.

Stroke Order

交 jiāo

接 jiē